Quality of film-based and digital panoramic radiography

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-36

  Molander, B ^a   Grondahl H G ^b   Ekestubbe, A ^b  

^a Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Radiography, dental, digital; Radiography, panoramic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; X-RAY FILM; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 4143129701     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/17777906     Document Type: Article

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