o bjectives: various methods have been introduced for evaluation of tooth movement in orthodontics. the challenge is to adopt the most accurate and most beneficial method for patients. this study was designed to introduce analysis of digital photographs with auto- cad software as a method to evaluate tooth movement and assess the reliability of this method. mat erials and methods : eighteen pat...

background: to determine the prevalence of incidental findings on brain ct scan in mild head trauma patients. methods: from november 2005 to april 2006, we evaluated 732 ct scans of cases with mild head trauma (glasgow coma scale score of thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen), whom referred to our university affiliated hospital. in this study, we evaluated incidental findings on brain ct of our pati...

Modern computer technology has accelerated computerized adaptive testing implementation. However, few operational computer-based tests consider the underlying cognitive psychology of testing, either in the test development or in the diagnostic feedback provided to students. A concept of computerized attribute-adaptive testing (CA-AT), which integrates computerized adaptive testing with an attri...

The principles and practices that guide the design and development of test items are changing because our assessment practices are changing. Educational visionary Randy Bennett (2001) anticipated that computers and the Internet would become two of the most powerful forces of change in educational measurement. Bennett’s premonition was spot-on. Internet-based computerized testing has dramaticall...

BACKGROUND Focal and generalized neuropathies, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and diabetic peripheral neuropathy, have high prevalence among the US population. Primary care physicians are increasingly using computerized electrodiagnostic (EDX) testing to evaluate these patients. The impact of this diagnostic modality on physician diagnostic reasoning and patient management has not been directly...

Background and Objective: Computerized tomography and fluoroscopic computerized tomography are amongst the methods used for guiding needle biopsy processes; however, fluoroscopic computerized tomography demonstrates the images during the process of biopsy. This study aims to compare and contrast the success of biopsy under guide...