Reproducibility of Quantitative Measurement of White Enamel Demineralisation by Image Analysis

Caries Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-181

  Willmot, Derrick R ^a   Benson, P E ^b   Pender, N ^b   Brook, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computerised image analysis; Demineralisation; Enamel white spot lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLAR; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 0034152376     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016586     Document Type: Article

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