Terahertz pulsed imaging study to assess remineralization of artificial caries lesions

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Churchley, David ^a   Lynch, Richard J M ^a   Lippert, Frank ^b   Eder, Jennifer Susan O'Bryan ^b   Alton, Jesse ^c   Gonzalez Cabezas, Carlos ^d  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c TERAVIEW LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Microindentation; Microradiography; Remineralization; Terahertz imaging

Indexed keywords

CARIES; MICRO INDENTATION; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; REMINERALIZATION; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROXYAPATITE; LACTIC ACID; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TISSUE;

RADIOGRAPHY;

BOVINAE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DENTAL CARIES; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

BONE DENSITY; DENTAL CARIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TERAHERTZ IMAGING;

EID: 79957812066     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3540277     Document Type: Article

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