期刊
CARIES RESEARCH
卷 38, 期 6, 页码 514-522出版社
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000080580
关键词
brown spot; human enamel; mineral concentration; porosity; synchrotron; striae of Retzius; X-ray microtomography; 3D
Synchrotron X-ray microtomography (XMT) was used to measure the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) for 1.9-mum sidelength voxels within approximal brown spot lesions and sound human enamel. XMT demonstrated three-dimensional features, notably sheets with similar to30 mum periodicity having low LAC, identified as regions of demineralization corresponding to Retzius lines. Quantitative three-dimensional measurements of mineral concentration, derived from LAC with assumption of a single model composition, were consistent with previous measurements of sound and carious enamel from microradiographic projections. The uncertainty in measurements of mineral concentration and mineral fraction volume was investigated by modelling enamel with a range of composition and component densities. This analysis showed that, although mineral concentration can be determined from LAC with an error of <0.2 g cm(-3), the variation in pore fraction volume within caries lesions cannot be reliably determined from X-ray attenuation measurements alone. Copyright (C) 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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