Comparison of paired visual assessment and software analyses of changes in caries status over 6 months from fluorescence images

Caries Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-120

  Pretty, I A ^a,b   Ellwood, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Quantitative light induced fluorescence; Visual scoring of caries

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LIGHT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846889497     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000098044     Document Type: Article

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