title: Computerized generation of lesion models for evaluating subtraction radiography.
abstract: Digital subtraction radiography is a technique that has been shown to provide greater sensitivity and specificity in detecting bur-induced crestal bone change than the traditional comparison of two radiographs. It is questionable, however, to what extent these reports relate to clinical situations. A computerized method of extracting lesion areas from clinical subtraction images and imposing them on radiographs of experimental sites has been developed with the goal of producing a more relevant model for evaluating subtraction radiography. Observers were unable to distinguish between natural lesions and those produced by this method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hausmann
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D013382:Subtraction Technique