Assessment of dental caries with digital imaging fiber-optic translllumination (difoti™): In vitro study

Caries Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-110

  Schneidennan, A ^a   Elbaum, M ^c   Shultz, T ^c   Keem, S ^c,d   Greenebaum, M ^c   Driller, J ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Electro Optical Sciences Inc   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided diagnosis; Demineralization; Dental caries; Digital Imaging Fiber Optic; Fiber optic transillumination; Transillumination; Translllumination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0030637164     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262384     Document Type: Article

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