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Spectroscopic Detection of Caries Lesions
Joint Authors
Ruohonen, Mika
Alander, Jarmo T.
Palo, Katri
Source
Journal of Medical Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-08
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
A caries lesion causes changes in the optical properties of the affected tissue.
Currently a caries lesion can be detected only at a relatively late stage of development.
Caries diagnosis also suffers from high interobserver variance.
Methods.
This is a pilot study to test the suitability of an optical diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for caries diagnosis.
Reflectance visible/near-infrared spectroscopy (VIS/NIRS) was used to measure caries lesions and healthy enamel on extracted human teeth.
The results were analysed with a computational algorithm in order to find a rule-based classification method to detect caries lesions.
Results.
The classification indicated that the measured points of enamel could be assigned to one of three classes: healthy enamel, a caries lesion, and stained healthy enamel.
The features that enabled this were consistent with theory.
Conclusions.
It seems that spectroscopic measurements can help to reduce false positives at in vitro setting.
However, further research is required to evaluate the strength of the evidence for the method’s performance.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ruohonen, Mika& Palo, Katri& Alander, Jarmo T.. 2013. Spectroscopic Detection of Caries Lesions. Journal of Medical Engineering،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ruohonen, Mika…[et al.]. Spectroscopic Detection of Caries Lesions. Journal of Medical Engineering No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450718
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ruohonen, Mika& Palo, Katri& Alander, Jarmo T.. Spectroscopic Detection of Caries Lesions. Journal of Medical Engineering. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-450718
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-450718