Comparison of three intra-oral storage phosphor systems using subjective image quality

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 272-276

  Kitagawa, H ^a,d,e   Farman, A G ^a   Scheetz, J P ^a   Brown, W P ^b   Lewis, J ^c   Benefiel, M ^c   Kuroyanagi, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b ALARA Inc ^*

^c ALARA Inc   (United States)

^d TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Digital radiography, dental; Radiographic image enhancement; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; ENDODONTICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; TIME; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; CADAVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GINGIVA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAXILLA; OBSERVER VARIATION; ODDS RATIO; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0034280752     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600532     Document Type: Article

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