Effect of various digital processing algorithms on the measurement accuracy of endodontic file length

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

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-284

  Kal, Betül Ilhan ^a   Baksi, B Güniz ^a   Dündar, Nesrin ^a   Şen, Bilge Hakan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; DENTAL INSTRUMENTS; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH ROOT; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33846210060     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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