Evaluation of optical methods of detecting dental pulp vitality

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-73

  Fein, Michael E ^a   Gluskin, Alan H ^b   Goon, William W Y ^b   Chew, Bradford B ^a   Crone, Willem A ^a   Jones, Henry W ^c  

^a Nellcor Puritan Bennett   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental pulp vitality; Fiber optics; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Photoplethysmography; Pulse oximetry; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347779598     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.261679     Document Type: Review

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