Accuracy of diagnosing occlusal caries using enhanced digital images

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 236-240

  Kositbowornchai, S ^a   Basiw, M ^a   Promwang, Y ^a   Moragorn, H ^a   Sooksuntisakoonchai, N ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Dental caries; Radiographic image enhancement; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 16644379144     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/94305126     Document Type: Article

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