Two- and three-dimensional imaging modalities for the detection of caries. A comparison between film, digital radiography and tuned aperture computed tomography (TACT™)

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-157

  Abreu Jr , M ^a,b   Tyndall, D A ^b   Platin, E ^b   Ludlow, J B ^b   Phillips, C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental; Dental caries; Digital radiography; Radiography; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0033122376     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600430     Document Type: Article

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