In vitro assessment of incipient approximal carious lesions using computer-assisted densitometric image analysis

Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 305-311

  Schmidlin, P R ^a   Tepper, S A ^a   Scriba, H ^a   Lutz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Approximal caries; Computer; Densitometric; Image analysis; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DEMINERALIZATION; DENSITOMETRY; DENTIST; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MINERALIZATION; PH; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARIES; IMAGE QUALITY; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038011915     PISSN: 03005712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-5712(02)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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