Digital radiographic imaging : Is the dental practice ready?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 477-481

  Parks, Edwin T ^a,b  

^a ABOMR ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental radiography; Digital radiography; Image enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349110291     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0191     Document Type: Article

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