DocumentCode
794999
Title
First demonstration of laser computed tomography of human tooth by coherent detection imaging
Author
Devaraj, B. ; Kobayashi, M. ; Usa, M. ; Takeda, M. ; Inaba, H. ; Ishihata, H. ; Horiuchi, H.
Author_Institution
Biophotonics Inf. Lab., Yamagata Adv. Technol. Res. & Dev. Center, Japan
Volume
31
Issue
11
fYear
1995
fDate
5/25/1995 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
874
Lastpage
876
Abstract
The optical heterodyne technique with an argon laser as the source is used to obtain the first laser tomographic images of an extracted human tooth. The different layers of the internal structure of tooth such as dentine and pulp cavity can be clearly discerned with submillimetre resolution
Keywords
computerised tomography; image reconstruction; laser applications in medicine; medical image processing; optical tomography; Ar; coherent detection imaging; dentine; extracted tooth; human tooth; internal tooth structure; laser computed tomography; laser tomographic images; optical heterodyne technique; pulp cavity; submillimetre resolution;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19950573
Filename
390933
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