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Preliminary optical coherence tomography investigation of the temporo-mandibular joint disc

Mărcăuţeanu, Corina and Demjan, Enikö and Sinescu, Cosmin and Negrutiu, Meda and Motoc, Adrian and Lighezan, Rodica and Vasile, Liliana and Hughes, Mike and Bradu, Adrian and Dobre, George and Podoleanu, Adrian Gh. (2010) Preliminary optical coherence tomography investigation of the temporo-mandibular joint disc. In: Optical Coherence Tomography and Coherence Domain Optical Methods in Biomedicine XIV. Proceedings of SPIE . SPIE. ISBN 978-0-8194-7950-1. (doi:10.1117/12.842783) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:49445)

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Abstract

Aim and objectives. The morphology and position of the temporo-mandibular disc are key issues in the diagnosis and treatment of arthrogenous temporo-mandibular disorders. Magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy are used today to identify: flattening of the pars posterior of the disc, perforation and/or adhesions in the pars intermedia of the disc and disc displacements. The present study proposes the investigation of the temporo-mandibular joint disc by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Material and methods. 8 human temporo-mandibular joint discs were harvested from dead subjects, under 40 year of age, and conserved in formalin. They had a normal morphology, with a thicker pars posterior (2,6 mm on the average) and a thinner pars intermedia (1mm on the average). We investigated the disc samples using two different OCT systems: an en-face OCT (time domain (TD)-OCT) system, working at 1300 nm (C-scan and B-scan mode) and a spectral OCT system (a Fourier domain (FD)-OCT) system , working at 840 nm (B-scan mode). Results. The OCT investigation of the temporo-mandibular joint discs revealed a homogeneous microstructure. The longer wavelength of the TD-OCT offers a higher penetration depth (2,5 mm in air), which is important for the analysis of the pars posterior, while the FD-OCT is much faster. Conclusions: OCT is a promising imaging method for the microstructural characterization of the temporo-mandibular disc.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1117/12.842783
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: C7 - 75542G [EPrints field already has value set] LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Progr. Biomed. Opt. Imaging Proc. SPIE [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Occlusion, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor BabeÅ? TimiÅ?oara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Prostheses Technology and Dental Materials, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor BabeÅ? TimiÅ?oara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Anatomy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor BabeÅ? TimiÅ?oara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor BabeÅ? TimiÅ?oara, Romania [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints] A4 - The Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) [Field not mapped to EPrints] C3 - Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Fourier domain optical coherence tomography, Human temporo-mandibular joint disc, Time domain optical coherence tomography, Formalin, Fourier domain Optical coherence tomography, Fourier domains, Homogeneous microstructure, Imaging method, Intermedia, Key issues, Micro-structural characterization, Optical coherence tomography, Penetration depth, Scan mode, Spectral OCT, Time domain, Time domain optical coherence tomography, Finite difference method, Formaldehyde, Fourier transforms, Magnetic domains, Magnetic resonance imaging, Morphology, Resonance, Time domain analysis, Tomography, Coherent light
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R857.O6 Optical instruments
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Giles Tarver
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2015 08:23 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:20 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/49445 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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