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ArticleBiomedical optics express2017

Longitudinal correlation of 3D OCT to detect early stage erosion in bovine enamel.

Abdirahman Aden, Paul Anderson, Gary R Burnett, Richard J M Lynch, Peter H Tomlins

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Article in Biomedical optics express, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdirahman AdenBarts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 1BB, UK.
Paul AndersonBarts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 1BB, UK.
Gary R BurnettGSK Consumer Healthcare, St. Georges Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0DE, UK.
Richard J M LynchGSK Consumer Healthcare, St. Georges Avenue, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0DE, UK.
Peter H TomlinsBarts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, E1 1BB, UK.
Queen Mary University of London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Erosive tissue-loss in dental enamel is of significant clinical concern because the net loss of enamel is irreversible, however, initial erosion is reversible. Micro-hardness testing is a standard method for measuring initial erosion, but its invasive nature has led to the investigation of alternative measurement techniques. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an attractive alternative because of its ability to non-invasively image three-dimensional volumes. In this study, a four-dimensional OCT system is used to longitudinally measure bovine enamel undergoing a continuous erosive challenge. A new method of analyzing 3D OCT volumes is introduced that compares intensity projections of the specimen surface by calculating the slope of a linear regression line between corresponding pixel intensities and the associated correlation coefficient. The OCT correlation measurements are compared to micro-hardness data and found to exhibit a linear relationship. The results show that this method is a sensitive technique for the investigation of the formation of early stage erosive lesions.

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(100.0100) Image processing(110.4500) Optical coherence tomography(120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology(120.3890) Medical optics instrumentation(170.0170) Medical optics and biotechnology(170.1850) Dentistry

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PMID28270996
PMCPMC5330568
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