Near-infrared transillumination at 1310-nm for the imaging of early dental decay

Optics Express

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2259-2265

  Jones, Robert S ^a   Huynh, Gigi D ^a   Jones, Graham C ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROJECTION SYSTEMS;

LESIONS; SUPERLUMINESCENT DIODES (SLD); TISSUE HYDRATION; TOOTH CAVITY;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0344439926     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.11.002259     Document Type: Article

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