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- Title
Approximal radiolucencies in partially overlapped enamel: the need for quantitation and a preliminary assessment of a computer-aided image analysis method.
- Authors
Pitts, Nigel B.
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study done to determine the feasibility of a new computer-aided image analysis (IA) technique in detecting and measuring approximal radiolucencies in partially overlapped enamel. It states that when the central ray of the x-ray beam is not directed through an interdental space exactly perpendicular to the two teeth concerned, it results in partial or complete overlapping of the radiographic image of the enamel, and these overlapped approximal surfaces also exhibit approximal radiolucencies. According to the study, the computer-aided image analysis methods can detect and measure radiolucencies in partially overlapped approximal enamel surfaces, as well as those confined entirely to the enamel of partially overlapped surfaces.
- Subjects
DENTAL technology; DENTAL radiography; IMAGE analysis; MEDICAL imaging systems; DIGITAL diagnostic imaging; DENTAL enamel; MEDICAL radiography; OPERATIVE dentistry; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- Publication
Quintessence International, 1986, Vol 17, Issue 4, p229
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article