title: Dental optical coherence tomography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. d01941022@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Yao-Sheng
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Yi-Ching
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Shyh-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ching-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chuang
authors.forename: Jui-che
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Kun-Feng
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chia-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008029:Lighting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D009057:Stomatognathic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*