Three-dimensional terahertz pulse imaging of dental tissue

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 303-307

  Crawley, David ^a,b   Longbottom, Christopher ^c   Wallace, Vincent P ^b   Cole, Bryan ^b   Arnone, Don ^b   Michael, Pepper ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental tissue; Enamel erosion; Terahertz pulse imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DENTISTRY; DEPOSITION; LASER PULSES; LASER TISSUE INTERACTION; LITHOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; PUMPING (LASER); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TOOTH ENAMEL; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DENTAL TISSUE; ENAMEL EROSION; TETRAHERTZ PULSE IMAGING; ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCISOR; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCISOR; MICROWAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037592939     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1559059     Document Type: Article

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