Advantages of fitting contrast curves using logistic function: A technical note

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Brüllmann, Dan Dominik ^a   Sachs, Anna M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY FILM;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOGISTIC MODELS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 84875382584     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2012.09.090     Document Type: Article

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