Methods for calculating the severity of demineralization on tooth surfaces from PS-OCT scans

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7162, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Le, Michael H ^a   Darling, Cynthia L ^a   Fried, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Early demineralization; Edge detection; Enamel; Image processing algorithms; PS OCT

Indexed keywords

BOVINE ENAMELS; CARIES; EARLY DEMINERALIZATION; FINDING ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; IMPROVED ALGORITHMS; LESION DEPTHS; LINEAR POLARIZATIONS; MINERAL LOSS; POLARIZATION STATE; POLARIZATION-SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIES; POLARIZED LIGHT MICROSCOPIES; PS-OCT; RAPID ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; TOOTH SURFACES;

ALGORITHMS; CAPILLARY FLOW; COHERENT LIGHT; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MINING; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; POLARIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WINDOWS;

EDGE DETECTION;

EID: 65549158229     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.816867     Document Type: Conference Paper

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