Spectroscopic investigations of carious tooth decay

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1143-1148

  Thareja, R K ^a   Sharma, A K ^a   Shukla, Shobha ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Carious tissue; Discriminant and Univariate analysis; Laser ablation; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM ALLOYS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENTISTRY; HYDROXYAPATITE; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATIONS; CARIOUS TISSUE; DISCRIMINANT AND UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINATE ANALYSES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; HUMAN TOOTH; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; TOOTH DECAYS;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; SODIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TOOTH;

CALCIUM; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; SODIUM; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; STRONTIUM;

EID: 55949095604     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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