Image processing with the radial Hilbert transform of photo-thermal imaging for carious detection

Yasser H. El-Sharkawy

doi:10.1117/12.2039435

4 March 2014 Image processing with the radial Hilbert transform of photo-thermal imaging for carious detection

Yasser H. El-Sharkawy

Proceedings Volume 8947, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XII; 89472A (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039435
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Knowledge of heat transfer in biological bodies has many diagnostic and therapeutic applications involving either raising or lowering of temperature, and often requires precise monitoring of the spatial distribution of thermal histories that are produced during a treatment protocol. The present paper therefore aims to design and implementation of laser therapeutic and imaging system used for carious tracking and drilling by develop a mathematical algorithm using Hilbert transform for edge detection of photo–thermal imaging. photothermal imaging has the ability to penetrate and yield information about an opaque medium well beyond the range of conventional optical imaging. Owing to this ability, Q- switching Nd:YAG laser at wavelength 1064 nm has been extensively used in human teeth to study the sub-surface deposition of laser radiation. The high absorption coefficient of the carious rather than normal region rise its temperature generating IR thermal radiation captured by high resolution thermal camera. Changing the pulse repetition frequency of the laser pulses affects the penetration depth of the laser, which can provide three-dimensional (3D) images in arbitrary planes and allow imaging deep within a solid tissue.

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Yasser H. El-Sharkawy "Image processing with the radial Hilbert transform of photo-thermal imaging for carious detection", Proc. SPIE 8947, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues XII, 89472A (4 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039435

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