Refining enamel thickness measurements from B-mode ultrasound images

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 440-443

  Hua, Jeremy ^a   Chen, Ssu Kuang ^b   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

B mode ultrasound; Dental ultrasound; Enamel; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; ENAMELING; ENAMELS; EROSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS GAGES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ACIDIC BEVERAGES; B-MODE ULTRASOUND IMAGES; DENTAL EROSION; ENAMEL SURFACE; GOLD STANDARDS; IMAGE PROCESSING AND ENHANCEMENT; TOOTH STRUCTURE; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 77951006474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334783     Document Type: Conference Paper

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