Comparative performance of digital and conventional images for detecting proximal surface caries

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-38

  White, S C ^a   Yoon, D C ^b  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Logicon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnostic imaging; Radiographic image enhancement; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0030622295     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600208     Document Type: Article

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