Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 553-559 , June 2006

Color accuracy of commercial digital cameras for use in dentistry

  • Alvin G. Wee

      Affiliations

    • Section of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Postle Hall, 305 West 12th Avenue, P.O. Box 182357, Columbus, OH 43210-1241, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 614 292 0785; fax: +1 614 292 9422.
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  • Delwin T. Lindsey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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  • Shanglun Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Section of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Postle Hall, 305 West 12th Avenue, P.O. Box 182357, Columbus, OH 43210-1241, USA
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  • William M. Johnston

      Affiliations

    • Section of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University, Postle Hall, 305 West 12th Avenue, P.O. Box 182357, Columbus, OH 43210-1241, USA

Received 23 September 2004 ,Revised 16 March 2005 ,Accepted 12 May 2005.

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PII: S0109-5641(05)00229-0

doi: 10.1016/j.dental.2005.05.011

Dental Materials
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 553-559 , June 2006

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