Title :
Early caries detection with near-IR light
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci., California Univ., San Francisco, CA, USA
Abstract :
New caries diagnostic procedures for early caries detection are presented. Optical methods such as near-IR transillumination and optical coherence tomography (OCT) with near-IR light are introduced. These techniques enable imaging and detection of early caries lesions before they have spread extensively into the underlying dentin.
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; dentistry; infrared imaging; laser applications in medicine; medical signal detection; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; caries detection; caries diagnostic procedures; caries lesion imaging; dentin; near-IR light; near-IR transillumination; optical coherence tomography; Acoustic scattering; Dentistry; Image restoration; Lesions; Light scattering; Optical imaging; Optical scattering; Surface topography; Surface treatment; Teeth;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251909
