FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF LASER COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY OF HUMAN TOOTH BY COHERENT DETECTION IMAGING

被引:12
作者
DEVARAJ, B [1 ]
KOBAYASHI, M [1 ]
USA, M [1 ]
TAKEDA, M [1 ]
INABA, H [1 ]
ISHIHATA, H [1 ]
HORIUCHI, H [1 ]
机构
[1] TOHOKU UNIV,SCH DENT,DEPT ENDOTON & PERIODONT,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 98077,JAPAN
关键词
MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LASER APPLICATIONS IN MEDICINE;
D O I
10.1049/el:19950573
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
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.
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页码:874 / 876
页数:3
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