Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 673-678 , August 2007

High frequency ultrasound imaging of a single-species biofilm

  • H. Shemesh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • D.E. Goertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • L.W.M. van der Sluis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • N. de Jong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • M.K. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P.R. Wesselink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cariology Endodontology Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Louwesweg 1, 1066 EA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 27 March 2007 ,Revised 21 May 2007 ,Accepted 22 May 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdent.2007.05.007

Journal of Dentistry
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 673-678 , August 2007

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