Sensors (Jul 2013)

Dental Optical Coherence Tomography

  • Kun-Feng Lin,
  • Jui-che Tsai,
  • Ching-Cheng Chuang,
  • Shyh-Yuan Lee,
  • Yi-Ching Ho,
  • Yao-Sheng Hsieh,
  • Chia-Wei Sun

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s130708928
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 7
pp. 8928 – 8949

Abstract

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This review paper describes the applications of dental optical coherence tomography (OCT) in oral tissue images, caries, periodontal disease and oral cancer. The background of OCT, including basic theory, system setup, light sources, spatial resolution and system limitations, is provided. The comparisons between OCT and other clinical oral diagnostic methods are also discussed.

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