A self-adaptive fluidic probe for electrical caries detection

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-457

  Chang, Shao Hsuan ^a   Su, Yu Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Caries detection; Fluidic probe; Impedance sensing; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLUIDICS; SURFACE TENSION; TOOTH ENAMEL;

CARIES DETECTION; IMPEDANCE SENSING;

DENTAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARIES PREVENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FLUIDIC PROBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROPHILICITY; IMPEDANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL PROBE; MOUTH CAVITY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 42149166735     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10544-007-9154-3     Document Type: Article

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