Digital radiograph registration and subtraction: A useful tool for the evaluation of the progress of chronic apical periodontitis

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 513-517

  Mikrogeorgis, Georgios ^a,c   Lyroudia, Kleoniki ^a   Molyvdas, Ioannis ^a   Nikolaidis, Nikolaos ^b   Pitas, Ioannis ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIODONTITIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRATION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TOOTH ROOT CANAL;

EID: 3242724089     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004770-200407000-00013     Document Type: Article

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