DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT OF RADIOGRAPHS - CAN IT IMPROVE CARIES DIAGNOSIS

Authors
SHROUT MK RUSSELL CM POTTER BJ POWELL BJ HILDEBOLT CF
Citation
Mk. Shrout et al., DIGITAL ENHANCEMENT OF RADIOGRAPHS - CAN IT IMPROVE CARIES DIAGNOSIS, The Journal of the American Dental Association, 127(4), 1996, pp. 469-473
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
The Journal of the American Dental Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00028177
Volume
127
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
469 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-8177(1996)127:4<469:DEOR-C>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Unlike traditional radiographs, digital images are electronically alte rable and offer the potential for enhancing diagnostic information. Th e authors conducted a small-scale study to examine differences in clin icians' diagnoses of caries using traditional radiographs and digitize d images vs. microscopic diagnosis. Two general dentists and one oral- maxillofacial radiologist scored the images for caries, This study sug gests that digital enhancements may aid some clinicians in caries diag nosis.