Synthesizing dental radiographs for human identification

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1057-1062

  Tohnak, S ^a   Mehnert, A J H ^a   Mahoney, M ^a   Crozier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dental comparison; Forensic identification; Radiograph; Radon transform

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36549052302     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910708601107     Document Type: Article

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