Signal-to-noise ratios of 6 intraoral digital sensors

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 611-615

  Attaelmanan, Atta G ^a   Borg, Eva ^a   Gröndahl, Hans Göran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROCOMPUTER; RADIATION DOSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ALUMINUM; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0035348566     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2001.113590     Document Type: Article

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