Versatile optical coherence tomography system applied for imaging of teeth

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4619, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 180-186

  Amaechi, Bennett T ^a   Podoleanu, Adrian Gh ^b   Rogers, John A ^b   Higham, Susan M ^c   Dunne, Shane ^d   Jackson, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Ophthalmic Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caries diagnosis; Confocal imaging; Demineralisation; Dental caries; Dental imaging; Enamel; Low coherence interferometry; Optical coherence tomography; Optical methods

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; DENTISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; TISSUE;

OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT);

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036403435     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.470481     Document Type: Article

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