RVG-S, VIXA, and ektaspeed film in detection of proximal enamel defects under orthodontic bands

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-72

  Reichl, Peter ^b   Farman, Allan G ^a   Scarfe, William C ^a   Goldsmith, L Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Army Dental Corps   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental radiography; Digital imaging; Filtration; Image processing; Orthodontics; ROC analysis

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROC CURVE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMANS; MOLAR; NIOBIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; ROC CURVE; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 0029687955     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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