TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a handheld smart dental instrument for root canal imaging
AU - Okoro, Chukwuemeka
AU - Vartanian, Albert
AU - Toussaint, Kimani C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant No. R43DE024345-01.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE).
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - Ergonomics and ease of visualization play a major role in the effectiveness of endodontic therapy. Using only commercial off-the-shelf components, we present the pulpascope-a prototype of a compact, handheld, wireless dental instrument for pulp cavity imaging. This instrument addresses the current limitations of occupational injuries, size, and cost that exist with current endodontic microscopes used for root canal procedures. Utilizing a 15,000 coherent, imaging fiber bundle along with an integrated illumination source and wireless CMOS sensor, we demonstrate images of various teeth with resolution of ∼48 μm and angular field-of-view of 70 deg.
AB - Ergonomics and ease of visualization play a major role in the effectiveness of endodontic therapy. Using only commercial off-the-shelf components, we present the pulpascope-a prototype of a compact, handheld, wireless dental instrument for pulp cavity imaging. This instrument addresses the current limitations of occupational injuries, size, and cost that exist with current endodontic microscopes used for root canal procedures. Utilizing a 15,000 coherent, imaging fiber bundle along with an integrated illumination source and wireless CMOS sensor, we demonstrate images of various teeth with resolution of ∼48 μm and angular field-of-view of 70 deg.
KW - Endodontic imaging
KW - biomedical optics
KW - cameras
KW - fiber applications
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U2 - 10.1117/1.JBO.21.11.114002
DO - 10.1117/1.JBO.21.11.114002
M3 - Article
C2 - 27851855
AN - SCOPUS:84996525904
SN - 1083-3668
VL - 21
JO - Journal of Biomedical Optics
JF - Journal of Biomedical Optics
IS - 11
M1 - 114002
ER -