Application of computerised image analysis to monitoring endodontic therapy: Reproducibility and comparison with visual assessment

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Kerosuo, E ^a,b   Orstavik D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Nordisk Institutt for Odontologiske Materialer   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental; Diagnosis, computer assisted; Image interpretation; Perception; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

BONE DENSITY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031083602     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600207     Document Type: Article

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