Developing a standardized cephalometric vocabulary: Choices and possible strategies

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 989-997

  Stewart, Randall F ^c   Edgar, Heather ^a,b   Tatlock, Charles ^c   Kroth, Philip J ^c  

^a Maxwell Museum of Anthropology

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Controlled vocabulary; Dental informatics; Information science; Information systems; Medical informatics; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER NETWORK; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LINGUISTICS; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; ORTHODONTICS; STANDARD; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORTHODONTICS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 54049139245     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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