Infrared radiometry of dental enamel during Er:YAG and Er:YSGG laser irradiation

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-465

  Fried, Daniel ^a   Visuri, Steven R ^b   Featherstone, John D B ^a   Walsh, Joseph T ^c   Seka, Wolf ^d   Glena, Richard E ^e   McCormack, Sandra M ^e   Wigdor, Harvey A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental enamel; Er:YAG laser irradiation; Er:YSGG laser irradiation; Laser ablation; Radiometry; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001561785     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.250668     Document Type: Article

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