ArticleScientific reports2021
Early stage dental caries detection using near infrared spatial frequency domain imaging.
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- Diagnostic Accuracy Study of Near-Infrared Transillumination for Interproximal Dentinal Caries Detection in Primary Teeth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Shortwave infrared spatial frequency domain imaging for detection of changes in tissue hydration.Frontiers in photonics · 2025Article
- Using spatial frequency domain imaging to monitor a skin biopsy wound: a pilot study.Biomedical optics express · 2024Article
- Monte Carlo simulations and phantom modeling for spatial frequency domain imaging of surgical wound monitoring.Journal of biomedical optics · 2023Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Dentistry E-Health.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Designing and simulating realistic spatial frequency domain imaging systems using open-source 3D rendering software.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
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- Intraoral optical coherence tomography and angiography combined with autofluorescence for dental assessment.Biomedical optics express · 2022Article
- Current Novel Caries Diagnostic Technologies: Restorative Dentists' Attitude and Use Preferences.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Interdisciplinary research: shaping the healthcare of the future.Future healthcare journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Early stage dental caries can be remineralized without the need for "drill-and-fill" treatments that are more invasive and less permanent. However, early stage caries lesions typically present as a white spot on a white background, resulting in many lesions only being identified after they have developed beyond the point of remineralization as cavities. We present a spatial frequency domain imaging technique to characterize the optical properties of dental tissue. This technique enables different dental tissue types (healthy enamel, healthy dentin and damaged or demineralized enamel) to be easily distinguished from one another and allows quantification of the reduced scattering coefficients of dental tissue. The use of near-infrared light at 850 nm allows high depth penetration into the tissue and suppression of absorption effects, ensuring only changes in the reduced scattering coefficient that result directly from demineralization of enamel are observed and simplifying the analysis method. This technique provides a tool to both guide the attention of dentists to areas of interest and potential demineralization, and to provide longitudinal quantified assessments to monitor caries lesion behaviour over time.
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