Early dental caries detection using a fibre-optic coupled polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopic system

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 6274-6284

  Ko, Alex C T ^a   Hewko, Mark ^a   Sowa, Michael G ^a   Dong, Cecilia C S ^b   Cleghorn, Blaine ^c   Choo Smith, Lin P'ing ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; LASER EXCITATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

FIBER-OPTIC RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN MICROSPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL CARIES; ENAMEL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 43049092309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.006274     Document Type: Article

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