A new multi-wavelength optical-plethysmograph for quantitative determination of pulpal hemoglobin content and oxygen level using green and near-infrared LEDs

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6425, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kakino, S ^a   Miwa, Z ^a   Kirimoto, A ^a   Ohuchi, K ^a   Takatani, S ^a   Takagi, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hb content; Noninvasive pulpal diagnosis; SO2; Transmitted light plethysmography (TLP)

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DENSITY (OPTICAL); HEMOGLOBIN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

HB CONTENT; NONINVASIVE PULPAL DIAGNOSIS; TRANSMITTED-LIGHT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY (TLP);

PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548226038     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.699628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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