A comparison of the thresholding strategies of micro-CT for periodontal bone loss: A pilot study

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Chang, P C ^a   Liang, K ^b   Lim, J C ^b   Chung, M C ^a   Chien, L Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Histology; Periodontitis; X ray microtomography

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE TARTRATE RESISTANT ISOENZYME; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ISOENZYME; TARTRATE-RESISTANT ACID PHOSPHATASE;

ALGORITHM; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE MODEL; GINGIVA; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; JAW DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOLAR TOOTH; OSTEOCLAST; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTITIS; PILOT STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TOOTH CERVIX;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALGORITHMS; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GINGIVA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MOLAR; OSTEOCLASTS; PERIODONTITIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH CERVIX; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875135388     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/66925194     Document Type: Article

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