A miniaturized ultrasound transducer for monitoring full-mouth oral health: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To customize a miniaturized ultrasound transducer to access full-mouth B-mode, color Doppler, and spectral Doppler imaging for monitoring oral health.

Methods

A customized periodontal ultrasound transducer SS-19-128 (19 MHz, 128 channels) 1.8-cm wide and 1-cm thick was developed and connected to a data acquisition (DAQ) system. B-mode, color Doppler, and spectral Doppler data could all be collected with SS-19-128. The imaging resolution and penetration capacity of SS-19-128 were characterized on phantoms. The gingival thickness was measured on 11 swine teeth by SS-19-128 for comparison with conventional transgingival probing via Bland-Altman analysis and Pearson correlation. Five human subjects were then recruited to demonstrate B-mode and Doppler imaging by SS-19-

SUBMITTER: Qi B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature