In vitro comparison of conventional film and direct digital imaging in the detection of approximal caries

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 138-142

  Castro, Vania Machado ^a   Katz, J O ^a   Hardman, P K ^a   Glaros, A G ^b   Spencer, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carious lesions; Digital radiography; Image processing; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICUSPID; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLAR; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 34347268849     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/15558921     Document Type: Article

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