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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Rongguang Liang, Penfield, NY (US);
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Mark E. Bridges, Spencerport, NY (US);
Paul O. Mclaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter D. Burns, Fairport, NY (US);
David L. Patton, Webster, NY (US);
Rongguang Liang, Penfield, NY (US);
Victor C. Wong, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael A. Marcus, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Mark E. Bridges, Spencerport, NY (US);
Paul O. McLaughlin, Rochester, NY (US);
Peter D. Burns, Fairport, NY (US);
David L. Patton, Webster, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for obtaining an image of a tooth having at least one light source providing incident light having a first spectral range for obtaining a reflectance image () from the tooth and a second spectral range for exciting a fluorescence image () from the tooth. A polarizing beamsplitter () in the path of the incident light from both sources directs light having a first polarization state toward the tooth and directs light from the tooth having a second polarization state along a return path toward a sensor (), wherein the second polarization state is orthogonal to the first polarization state. A first lens () in the return path directs image-bearing light from the tooth toward the sensor (), and obtains image data from the portion of the light having the second polarization state. A long-pass filter () in the return path attenuates light in the second spectral range.