Prediction of Perceptibility Curves of direct digital intraoral radiographic systems

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 224-231

  Yoshiura, K ^a   Stamatakis, H C ^b   Welander, U ^b   McDavid, W D ^c   Shi, X Q ^b   Ban, S ^a   Kawazu, T ^a   Chikui, T ^a   Kanda, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental; Digital radiography; Perception; Radiography; Radiologic; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RADIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VISION;

ARTIFACTS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033156082     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600450     Document Type: Article

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