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Dental Radiology: Present Limitations and Future Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Richard L. Webber
Richard L. Webber
Affiliation:
The Bowman Gray School of Medicine, North Carolina
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Abstract

Abstract The diagnostic process is likely to be limited by one or more of the following factors: (a) ambiguous signal definition, (b) inappropriate data sampling strategy, (c) inadequate signal strength, and (d) misinterpretation of data. Controlled tests suggest that the first two factors largely control performances of common dental diagnostic tasks.

Type
Special Section: Assessing the Technology of Dentistry, Part II
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , October 1990 , pp. 603 - 609
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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