Contrast curves of five different intraoral X-ray sensors: A technical note

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Brüllmann, Dan Dominik ^a   Kempkes, Benedikt ^a   D'Hoedt, Bernd ^a   Schulze, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

LOGISTIC MODELS; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL;

EID: 84878336208     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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