Conventional radiographs vs digitized radiographs: Image quality assessment

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Parissis, N ^a   Kondylidou Sidira, A ^a   Tsirlis, A ^a   Patias, P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Contrast; Density; Dental radiography; Digital image; Resolution; Scanner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DENSITY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNER; STANDARDIZATION; X RAY FILM;

RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 27744478734     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/99611204     Document Type: Article

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