OBJECTIVE To determine the film-retake rates and causes in digital radiography comparison to conventional X-rays method. STUDY DESIGN Comparative study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Radiology Department, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2004 to December 2006. PATIENTS AND METHODS X-rays of different body parts, conducted during the year 2004, with conventional radiograph...

INTRODUCTION Low fetuin-A and vitamin D and high monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) contents are associated with vascular calcification (VC) in dialysis patients. We aimed to demonstrate the difference in fetuin-A, vitamin D, MUFA, and VC on plain radiography between patients on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis (PD). MATERIALS AND METHODS We recruited 31 hemodialysis and 30 PD patients. We...

introduction: today the prevalence of teeth decays has considerably decreased. related organizations and institutions mention several reasons for it such as improvement of decay diagnostic equipment and tools which are even capable of detecting caries in their initial stages. this resulted in reduction of costs for patients and remarkable increase in teeth life span. there are many methods for ...

introduction: the aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic value of cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) and periapical (pa) radiography in detecting internal root resorption. methods and materials: eighty single rooted human teeth with visible pulps in pa radiography were split mesiodistally along the coronal plane. internal resorption like lesions were created in three areas (cervical,...

Congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare cardiac malformation and is most often asymptomatic. It is usually discovered as an incidental finding. Physical examination, chest radiography, and electrocardiogram are often unremarkable. Echocardiography provides valuable information, and sometimes computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging is needed for subsequent confirmation.