Enhanced speed and precision of measurement in a computer-assisted digital cephalometric analysis systemp

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-507

  Chen, Ssu Kuang ^a   Chen, Yi Jane ^a   Yao, Chung Chen Jane ^a   Chang, Hsin Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computer assisted cephalometric analysis; Digitized imaging; Precision; Speed

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 4444256746     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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