Polarization memory effect in optical coherence tomography and dental imaging application

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Yueli ^a,b   Otis, Linda ^c   Zhu, Quing ^b  

^a Agiltron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

dental imaging; polarization memory effect; polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE EFFECTS; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LIGHT; DENTAL IMAGING; DIFFERENT SIZES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; POLARIZATION MEMORY; POLARIZATION MEMORY EFFECT; POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS;

COHERENT SCATTERING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY;

POLARIZATION;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DENTIN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE;

BIREFRINGENCE; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; DENTIN; HUMANS; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH DEMINERALIZATION;

EID: 79961059888     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3606573     Document Type: Article

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