A computerized method for mathematical description of three-dimensional root canal axis

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 639-643

  Dobó Nagy, Csaba ^a   Keszthelyi, Gusztáv ^a   Szabó, János ^b   Sulyok, Péter ^c   Ledeczky, Gábor ^c   Szabó, József ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034329975     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200011000-00002     Document Type: Article

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