Dental Imaging With Near-Infrared Transillumination Using Random Fiber Laser

Jiayu GUO; Yunjiang RAO; Weili ZHANG; Zewen CUI; Anran LIU; Yongmei YAN

doi:10.1007/s13320-020-0582-5

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