Quantitative Light-induced Fluorescence (QLF) - A literature review;Quantitative licht-induzierte Fluoreszenz (QLF) - Ein literaturü berblick

International Journal of Computerized Dentistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-338

  Kuhnisch J ^a   Heinrich Weltzien, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diagnosis; Fluorescence; QLF

Indexed keywords

DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGHT; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 15944426357     PISSN: 14634201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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