Photoacoustic microscopy of human teeth

Bin Rao, Xin Cai, Christopher Favazza, Junjie Yao, Li Li, Steven Duong, Lih-Huei Liaw, Jennifer Holtzman, Petra Wilder-Smith, Lihong V. Wang, Peter Rechmann, Daniel Fried
2011 Lasers in Dentistry XVII  
Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) utilizes short laser pulses to deposit energy into light absorbers and sensitively detects the ultrasonic waves the absorbers generate in response.
doi:10.1117/12.874070 fatcat:axzlkjtbobemnglulzlieamrve