Characterization of dentin and enamel by use of optical coherence tomography

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2092-2096

  Jun Wang, Xiao ^a   Milner, Thomas E ^b   de Boer, Johannes F ^c   Zhang, Yi ^d   Pashley, David H ^d   Nelson, J Stuart ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; ENAMELS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

DENTINAL TUBULES; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (PS-OCT);

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032608131     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.002092     Document Type: Article

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