Option-4 Algorithm for Automated Disc Probe: Reduction in the Variance of Site-Specific Relative Attachment Level Measurements

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 456-466

  Breen, Harry J ^a   Rogers, Pauline A ^b   Slaney, Roger E ^c   Lawless, Helena C ^a   Austin, Joahanne S ^a   Gillett, Ian R ^d   Johnson, Newell W ^e,f  

^a Statistics Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Tuple and Join Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d Gillett Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Periodontal diseases diagnosis; Periodontal probes; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031134138     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.1997.68.5.456     Document Type: Article

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