Fractal dimension on dental radiographs

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 270-275

  Bollen, A M ^a   Taguchi, A ^b   Hujoel, P P ^a   Hollender, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone density; Fractals; Osteoporosis; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDENTULOUSNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MANDIBLE; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE RESORPTION; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; FRACTALS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MALE; MANDIBLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035463984     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600630     Document Type: Article

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