Observer differentiation of mechanical defects versus natural dental caries cavitations on monitor-displayed images with imaging plate readout

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 595-600

  Kang, Byung Cheol ^a   Goldsmith, L Jane ^b   Farman, Allan G ^c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; ENAMEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032196551     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(98)90353-5     Document Type: Article

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