Pixel intensity and fractal analyses: detecting osteoporosis in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women by using digital panoramic images

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

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-241

  Tosoni, Guilherme M ^a   Lurie, Alan G ^b   Cowan, Ann E ^c   Burleson, Joseph A ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b School of Dental Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLIMACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAW DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OSTEOLYSIS; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PERIMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33746268081     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2005.08.020     Document Type: Article

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