Terahertz pulsed imaging for the monitoring of dental caries: a comparison with X-ray imaging

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2017-06-29

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Karagöz, Burcu
Altan, Hakan

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Dental caries in sliced samples are investigated using terahertz pulsed imaging. Frequency domain terahertz response of these structures consistent with X-ray imaging results show the potential of this technique in the detection of early caries.

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Medical and biological imaging, Three dimensional terahertz imaging, Early dental caries, X-ray imaging

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36171

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https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2285991

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B. Karagöz and H. Altan, “Terahertz pulsed imaging for the monitoring of dental caries: a comparison with X-ray imaging,” 2017, vol. 10417, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/36171.