Subjective image quality of digitally filtered radiographs acquired by the Dürr Vistascan system compared with conventional radiographs

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 643-651

  Yalcinkaya, S ^a   Kunzel A ^a   Willers, R ^a   Thoms, M ^b   Becker, J ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PERIODONTIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTIFACTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIAPICAL TISSUE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33646074803     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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