Evaluation of layer thickness in human teeth using higher-order-mode leaky Lamb wave interdigital transducers
Journal Article
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· Review of Scientific Instruments
- Department of Dental and Public Health, Kanagawa Dental College, 82 Inaoka, Yokosuka 238-8580 (Japan)
An ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation technique of the layer thickness in human teeth is proposed using a leaky Lamb wave device with two arch-shaped interdigital transducers, operating at a plate/water interface. The use of a higher-order-mode leaky Lamb wave with a phase velocity higher than the longitudinal wave velocity in the human tooth is essential to detect reflected ultrasound beams from the tooth section The layer thickness of dentin, estimated from the measured time interval between two reflected echoes, is in good agreement with the optically measured data.
- OSTI ID:
- 20644144
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 76; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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