Sliding window adaptive histogram equalization of intraoral radiographs: Effect on image quality

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 133-138

  Sund, Torbjørn ^a   Moystad A ^b  

^a TELENOR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Dental caries; Dental radiography; Digital images

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CLINIC; DENTIST; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE QUALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SOFTWARE; TOOTH APEX; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33646554794     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/21936923     Document Type: Article

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