Digital image analysis in dental research applied for treatment of fissures on occlusal surfaces of premolars

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 931-936

  Kaczmarek, Elzbieta ^a   Matthews Brzozowska, Teresa ^a,b   Miskowiak, Bogdan ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Caries lesions; Computer assisted microscopy; Enamel demineralization; Human teeth; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CARIES LESIONS; DEMINERALIZATION; DENTIN; FISSURES; MORPHOMETRY; PREMOLARS; PROPHYLAXIS;

DENTISTRY;

FISSURE SEALANT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BICUSPID; DENTAL FISSURES; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PIT AND FISSURE SEALANTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041876391     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.1588653     Document Type: Article

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