Reliability of digital radiography of interproximal dental caries

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 170-176

  Sanden, Etje ^b   Koob, Andreas ^c   Hassfeld, Stefan ^a   Staehle, Hans Jörg ^c   Eickholz, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Department of Prosthodentics ^*

^d Section of Periodontology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION STUDY; X RAY FILM;

DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 22044437458     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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