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[Digital image processing in endodontics].

M Hulsmann·A Jager·N Steinhofel
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Digital image processing methods were applied to improve the analysis of endodontic follow-up radiographs. After the individual radiographs had been digitized with a videocamera, different standard image processing procedures, such as histogram-equilisation, histogram-matching and noise reduction were performed. In some cases the use of those techniques facilitated the comparison of radiographs taken at long intervals under nonstandardized conditions. As a result, diagnosis of the development of periapical lesions or hard tissue formation in teeth with incomplete root formation was improved.

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M Hulsmann, A Jager, N Steinhofel. 1990. [Digital image processing in endodontics].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2269139/

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