Erythema is a reaction of the skin and oral soft tissues commonly associated with
inflammation and an increase in blood flow. Diffuse reflection spectroscopy is a powerful tool …

Since conventional techniques using periodontal probes have inherent drawbacks in the
diagnosis of different grades of gingival inflammation, development of noninvasive …

R apid, accurate, and non-invasive measurements of hemodynamics and oxygen utilization
in gingiva are clinically important in evaluation of the severity of the inflammatory response …

Typical manifestations of cutaneous inflammation include erythema and edema. While
erythema is the result of capillary dilation and local increase of oxygenated hemoglobin …

Background and Objective: Visible, near‐infrared (optical) spectroscopy can be used to
measure regional tissue hemodynamics and edema and therefore may represent an ideal …

There has been increasing interest on the development of clinically acceptable, more
sensitive and specific methods for non‐invasive diagnosis in Periodontics. In this pilot study …

Gingiva is the soft tissue that surrounds and protects the teeth. Healthy gingiva provides an
effective barrier to periodontal insults to deeper tissue, thus is an important indicator to a …

Background: Among the newly emerging diagnostic approaches for periodontitis, optical
spectroscopy is a promising complementary diagnostic tool. The objective of this study is to …

Skin inflammation is often accompanied by edema and erythema. While erythema is the
result of capillary dilation and subsequent local increase of oxygenated hemoglobin (oxy …

A confocal imaging and image processing scheme is introduced to visualize and evaluate
the spatial distribution of spectral information in tissue. The image data are recorded using a …