Noncontact, nondestructive elasticity evaluation of sound and demineralized human dental enamel using a laser ultrasonic surface wave dispersion technique

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Hsiao Chuan ^a   Fleming, Simon ^a   Lee, Yung Chun ^b   Law, Susan ^a   Swain, Michael ^a   Xue, Jing ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomedical inspection; Dental enamel evaluation; Fiber optics sensors; Laser ultrasonics; Nondestructive evaluation; Remote sensing; Surface acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL INSPECTION; DENTAL ENAMELS; FIBER OPTICS SENSORS; LASER ULTRASONICS; NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION; SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTOELECTRIC EFFECTS; DIAGNOSIS; ELASTICITY; ENAMELS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WAVES; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ELASTOGRAPHY; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INCISOR; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; TOOTH DISEASE;

DENTAL ENAMEL; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTS; HUMANS; INCISOR; LASERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 74049117103     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3253396     Document Type: Article

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