Evaluation of current dental radiographs segmentation approaches in computer-aided applications

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-222

  Rad, Abdolvahab ^a   Mohd Rahim, Mohd Shafry ^a   Rehman, Amjad ^b   Altameem, Ayman ^c   Saba, Tanzila ^d  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d PRINCE SULTAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dental radiographs; Medical image segmentation; Segmentation methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-AIDED; DENTAL RADIOGRAPHS; DENTAL X-RAY IMAGE; REVIEW PAPERS; SEGMENTATION METHODS; SEGMENTATION TECHNIQUES; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; X-RAY IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

BIOINFORMATICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84879649138     PISSN: 02564602     EISSN: 09745971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4602.113498     Document Type: Review

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