Applications of laser-based ultrasonics to the characterization of the internal structure of teeth

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 542-549

  Blodgetta, D W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; HEALTH CARE; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

TOOTH DECAY;

ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DENTIN; IMAGING; INTERFEROMETER; MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ANISOTROPY; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; HUMANS; LASERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037490512     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1578080     Document Type: Article

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