An ultrasonic nondestructive technique for evaluating layer thickness in human teeth

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Toda, Shinji ^a,c   Fujita, Takeshi ^b,d   Arakawa, Hirohisa ^a,e,f   Toda, Kohji ^b,c,g  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^c Kanagawa Dental College ^*  (United States)

^d Technical Development Group   (Japan)

^e Department of Health Science

^f Accredited Committee   (Japan)

^g ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human teeth; Interdigital transducer; Lamb wave device; Layer thickness; Nondestructive evaluation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN TEETH; INTERDIGITAL TRANSDUCERS (IDT); LAMB WAVE DEVICES; LAYER THICKNESS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

EID: 26844488212     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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