Information of circulation from soft tissue and dental pulp by means of pulsatile reflected light: Further development of optical pulp vitalometry

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Oikarinen, Kyösti S ^a,b   Kainulainen, Vesa ^a   Särkelä, Ville ^b   Alaniska, Keijo ^a   Kopola, Harri ^c  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; GUTTA PERCHA; RESIN; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; Z100 COMPOSITE RESIN; ZIRCONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; DENTIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENAMEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FINGER; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; COLOR; COMPOSITE RESINS; DENTAL AMALGAM; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PULP; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP TEST; DENTIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FINGERS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GUTTA-PERCHA; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MOUTH MUCOSA; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON DIOXIDE; TRANSILLUMINATION; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 0031231093     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90350-4     Document Type: Article

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