title: [Digital image processing in endodontics].
abstract: 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.
authors: Zentrum Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde, Universitätsklinikum Gottingen.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hulsmann
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Jager
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Steinhofel
mesh_terms: D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement
vernacular_title: Digitale Bildauswertung in der Endodontie.