Influence of the validation method on diagnostic accuracy for caries. A comparison of six digital and two conventional radiographic systems

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 44-49

  Hintze, H ^a   Wenzel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnostic test; Digital radiography, dental; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSOR; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTIN; ENAMEL; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BICUSPID; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 0036370699     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600645     Document Type: Article

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