Detection of pulse in oral mucosa and dental pulp by means of optical reflection method

Endodontics and Dental Traumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 54-59

  Oikarinen, K ^a,c   Kopola, H ^a   Makiniemi M ^a   Herrala, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Pulse; Pulse oximetry; Tissue vitality; Tooth vitality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP TEST; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; OXIMETRY; PULSE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 0030113035     PISSN: 01092502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.1996.tb00097.x     Document Type: Article

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