A new approach for locating the minor apical foramen using an artificial neural network

International Endodontic Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Saghiri, M A ^a   Asgar, K ^b   Boukani, K K ^c   Lotfi, M ^d   Aghili, H ^e   Delvarani, A ^f   Karamifar, K ^f   Saghiri, A M ^g   Mehrvarzfar, P ^f   Garcia Godoy, F ^h  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PRIVATE PRACTICE   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^e IBM   (United States)

^f ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^g Kamal Asgar Research Center (KARC)   (Iran)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical foramen; Artificial neural network; Root canal treatment; Working length

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENDODONTICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INCISOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOMETRY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ALGORITHMS; BICUSPID; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCISOR; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, BITEWING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; ROOT CANAL PREPARATION; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 84856324893     PISSN: 01432885     EISSN: 13652591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2011.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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