Transillumination of interproximal caries lesions with 830-nm light

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5313, Issue , 2004, Pages 17-22

  Jones, Graham C ^a   Jones, Robert S ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries detection; Interproximal caries; Near infrared; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

CARIES DETECTION; INTERPROXIMAL CARIES; NEAR-INFRARED; TRANSILLUMINATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL PROSTHESES; ENAMELS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

DENTISTRY;

EID: 5644220344     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.539289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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