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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Auto-Segmentation and Quantification of Non-Cavitated Enamel Caries Imaged with Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography.

Tamer Abdelrehim, Maha Salah, Heather J Conrad, Hooi Pin Chew

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tamer AbdelrehimDepartment of Restorative Sciences, University of Minnesota, 8-440 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9219-951X
Maha SalahDepartment of Restorative Sciences, University of Minnesota, 8-440 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Heather J ConradDepartment of Restorative Sciences, University of Minnesota, 8-440 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Hooi Pin ChewDepartment of Restorative Sciences, University of Minnesota, 8-440 Moos Tower, 515 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0509-0856
University of Minnesota · USAin Shams University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: OCT imaging has been used to assess enamel demineralization in dental research, but it is not yet developed enough to qualify as a diagnostic technique in clinics. The current capabilities of most commercial acquisition software allow for visual and qualitative assessments. There is a need for a fast and verified batch-processing algorithm to segment and analyze demineralized enamel. This study suggests a GUI MATLAB algorithm for the processing and quantitative analysis of demineralized enamel. (2) Methods: A group of artificially demineralized human enamels was in vitro scanned under the OCT, and ROI frames were extracted. By using a selected intensity threshold colormap,

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batch processingcariousdemineralizationdental imagingimage segmentationOCTquantificationSEMsimulation

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PMID38066827
PMCPMC10705879
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