Study on dental diagnosis and treatment using millimeter waves

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 1 PART 1, 2000, Pages 1783-1788

  Nikawa, Yoshio ^a   Hoshi, Naoya ^b   Kawai, Keiji ^c   Ebisu, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ominato Ship Repair and Supply Facility   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental caries heating; Dental diagnosis; Dentistry; Lenses; Millimeter wave diagnosis; Millimeter wave heating

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL DIAGNOSIS; MILLIMETER WAVE DIAGNOSIS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

BACTERIA; DENTISTRY; DIELECTRIC HEATING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOOTH ENAMEL; VIRUSES; X RAY LASERS;

MICROWAVE HEATING;

EID: 0034318002     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.883854     Document Type: Article

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