Effects of the automatic exposure compensation on the proximal caries diagnosis

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 140-144

  Yoshiura, Kazunori ^a   Nakayama, E ^a   Shimizu, M ^a   Goto, T K ^a   Chikui, T ^a   Kawazu, T ^a   Okamura, K ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caries; Diagnostic accuracy; Digital radiography, dental; Radiography, dental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE COMPENSATION; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLOTS AND CURVES; RADIOLOGIST; ROC CURVE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 22044449950     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/88681265     Document Type: Article

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