Nature of light scattering in dental enamel and dentin at visible and near-infrared wavelengths

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1278-1285

  Fried, Daniel ^a   Glena, Richard E ^a   Featherstone, John D B ^a   Seka, Wolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental hard tissue; Scattering; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIALS; ENAMELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TISSUE;

NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; TISSUE OPTICS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0029264120     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.001278     Document Type: Article

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