Clinical efficacy of a new software developed for dental digital subtraction radiography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-421

  Güneri, Pelin ^a   Gogus S ^a   Tugsel Z ^a   Ozturk, A ^a   Gungor, C ^a   Boyacioglu H ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dental; Digital radiography; Radiography; Software; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33845452171     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/21142030     Document Type: Article

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