Title :
Evaluation of in vitro dental restoration by optical coherence tomography
Author :
de Melo, Leonardo Severo Alves ; de Carvalho, M.T. ; Gomes, A.S.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Fed. de Pernambuco, Recife
Abstract :
In this communication, we report the application of OCT to dental restoration evaluation, particularly analyzing failure gaps left after the restoration has been performed. Imaging resolution of 10-15mum have been achieved and >50mum dental cavities are measured
Keywords :
biomedical optical imaging; dentistry; image resolution; optical tomography; OCT; dental cavity; failure gap analysis; image resolution; in vitro dental restoration; optical coherence tomography; Biomedical optical imaging; Dentistry; Image restoration; In vitro; Optical fiber couplers; Optical imaging; Optical interferometry; Teeth; Tomography; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568418
