| DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL IMAGING FIBER-OPTIC TRANS-ILLUMINATION SYSTEM |
| 단국대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 |
| Digital Imaging Fiber-Optic Trans-Illumination System 개발 |
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이상민, 김종수, 유승훈 |
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단국대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 |
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Received: 16 September 2008 • Accepted: 22 April 2009 |
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| Abstract |
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This study was performed to improve the conventional DIFOTITM system(EOS Inc., USA) by developing the prototype of DIFOTI system which consists of light emitting diode(LED) and digital camera. The images of enamel surfaces treated under Carbopol 907 de-mineralizing solution were taken daily during 7 days of experimental periods by both DIFOTI systems. The results of comparative analyses of obtained images can be summarized as follows: 1. Trans-illumination indices of images taken from sample enamel surfaces were decreased with time in both systems. 2. The difference of intensity of luminance between sound and de-mineralized enamel surface in prototype DIFOTI system was shown to be relatively smaller than conventional DIFOTITMsystem. The application of LED light source in prototype DIFOTI system could possibly reduce the amount of current consumption and that could ultimately lead us to the successful development of wireless model with battery. The innovative development of digital camera is undoubtedly expected to create much clearer image despite of wireless transfer. LED and digital camera can be combined into a smaller size but a very important task of improving image manager and analyzing program into a simpler and easier one to manipulate has to be solved. |
| Key Words:
Enamel caries, Early detection, Digital Imaging Fiber-Optic Trans-Illumination |
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