Anatomical variations of trabecular bone structure in intraoral radiographs using fractal and particles count analyses

Imaging Science in Dentistry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-12

  Amer, Maha Eshak ^a   Heo, Min Suk ^b   Brooks, Sharon L ^c   Benavides, Erika ^c  

^a 61519   (Egypt)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed assisted; Fractals; Image processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865118285     PISSN: 22337822     EISSN: 22337830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5624/isd.2012.42.1.55     Document Type: Article

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