Detection of artificially induced vertical radicular fractures using Tuned Aperture Computed Tomography

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 375-379

  Nair, Madhu K ^a,d   Nair, Uma Devi P ^a   Gröndahl, Hans Göran ^b   Webber, Richard L ^c   Wallace, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d G 119 Salk Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dental; Digital; Endodontic; Fracture; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, NONVITAL;

EID: 0035656234     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2001.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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