A new method for quantitative analysis of dentinal tubules

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Ciocca, Leonardo ^a   Gallina, Ilaria ^a   Navacchia, Eugenio ^a   Baldissara, Paolo ^a   Scotti, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dentin; Image processing; Pixel cloud; Tubules area; Tubules contours

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DENTIN; DENTINAL TUBULES; TUBULES CONTOURS;

DENTAL MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DENTIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33845969448     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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