Ultrasonic periodontal probing based on the dynamic wavelet fingerprint

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2005, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1137-1146

  Hou, Jidong ^a,c   Rose, S Timothy ^b   Hinders, Mark K ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Valley Periodontics   (United States)

^c Sonix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Periodontal; Probe; Ultrasonic; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

MANUAL POCKET DEPTH PROBING; PERIODONTAL; ULTRASONIC PROBING; WAVELET FINGERPRINT;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PROBES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 22944490550     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/ASP.2005.1137     Document Type: Article

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