Hyperspectral laser-induced autofluorescence imaging of dental caries

Miran Bürmen; Aleš Fidler; Franjo Pernuš; Boštjan Likar

doi:10.1117/12.908670

30 January 2012 Hyperspectral laser-induced autofluorescence imaging of dental caries

Miran Bürmen, Aleš Fidler, Franjo Pernuš, Boštjan Likar

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Proceedings Volume 8208, Lasers in Dentistry XVIII; 82080E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908670
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2012, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Dental caries is a disease characterized by demineralization of enamel crystals leading to the penetration of bacteria into the dentine and pulp. Early detection of enamel demineralization resulting in increased enamel porosity, commonly known as white spots, is a difficult diagnostic task. Laser induced autofluorescence was shown to be a useful method for early detection of demineralization. The existing studies involved either a single point spectroscopic measurements or imaging at a single spectral band. In the case of spectroscopic measurements, very little or no spatial information is acquired and the measured autofluorescence signal strongly depends on the position and orientation of the probe. On the other hand, single-band spectral imaging can be substantially affected by local spectral artefacts. Such effects can significantly interfere with automated methods for detection of early caries lesions. In contrast, hyperspectral imaging effectively combines the spatial information of imaging methods with the spectral information of spectroscopic methods providing excellent basis for development of robust and reliable algorithms for automated classification and analysis of hard dental tissues. In this paper, we employ 405 nm laser excitation of natural caries lesions. The fluorescence signal is acquired by a state-of-the-art hyperspectral imaging system consisting of a high-resolution acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) and a highly sensitive Scientific CMOS camera in the spectral range from 550 nm to 800 nm. The results are compared to the contrast obtained by near-infrared hyperspectral imaging technique employed in the existing studies on early detection of dental caries.

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Miran Bürmen, Aleš Fidler, Franjo Pernuš, and Boštjan Likar "Hyperspectral laser-induced autofluorescence imaging of dental caries", Proc. SPIE 8208, Lasers in Dentistry XVIII, 82080E (30 January 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908670

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Near infrared

Dental caries

Hyperspectral imaging

Teeth

Imaging spectroscopy

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