The effects of different image file formats and image-analysis software programs on dental radiometric digital evaluations

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 50-55

  Gurdal P ^a   Hildebolt, C F ^b   Akdeniz, B G ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital radiography, dental; Image analysis, computer aided; Image processing, computer assisted; Radiographic image enhancement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0035221280     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600570     Document Type: Article

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