A Monte Carlo simulation of the influence of sound enamel scattering coefficient on lesion visibility in light-induced fluorescence

Caries Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-18

  Van Der Veen, Monique H ^a,b   Ando, Masatoshi ^c   Stookey, George K ^c   De Josselin De Jong, Elbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Inspektor Research Systems bv   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous enamel; Fluorescence; Monte Carlo modeling; Permanent enamel; Scattering

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS;

EID: 0036371897     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057584     Document Type: Article

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