Laser-induced photothermal technique used for detection of caries in human tooth

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6843, Issue , 2008, Pages

  El Sherif, Ashraf F ^a   El Sharkawy, Yasser H ^a  

^a Egyptian Armed Forces ^*

Author keywords

High power laser; Laser in dentistry; Nd:YAG laser; Optical fiber reflectance probe; Photoacoustic; Photothermal; Piezoelectric transducer

Indexed keywords

(140.3500) LASERS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HARD TISSUES; HIGH POWERS; LASER FLUENCES; LASER POWERING; LASER-INDUCED; PHOTOTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; PULSE ENERGIES; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASERS; REAL-TIME FEEDBACK; TISSUE TEMPERATURES;

DENTISTRY; ENERGY RESOURCES; HEALTH; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; NEODYMIUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TISSUE;

LASERS;

EID: 42149123904     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.759157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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