Direct digital radiography for the detection of periapical bone lesions: A clinical study

Endodontics and Dental Traumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-189

  Kullendorff, B ^a,b   Petersson, K ^b   Rohlin, M ^b  

^a Departments of 10Ral Radiology   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital radiography; Image processing; Periapical periodontitis; Radiographie image enhancement; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OSTEOLYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031197203     PISSN: 01092502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1997.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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