Sequential 3D X-ray microtomographic measurement of enamel and dentine ablation by an Er:YAG laser

British Dental Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-104

  Mercer, C E ^a   Anderson, P ^a   Davis, G R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; ALUMINUM SILICATE; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; DENTIN; ENAMEL; ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS; YAG LASER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; ERBIUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASER SURGERY; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YTTRIUM;

EID: 3042608378     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809883     Document Type: Article

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