To the Editor: I am writing in response to a recent article published in the June issue of Imaging Science in Dentistry by Demirturk Kocasarac and Celenk titled “Effectiveness of digital subtraction radiography in detecting artificially created osteophytes and erosions in the temporomandibular joint.” The authors compared the diagnostic efficacy of panoramic radiography and panoramic digital su...

background the first commercial system for digital radiography was introduced in 1987, and it has evolved a great deal since then. currently, it is possible to enhance images in digital radiography. objectives the aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of image enhancement in direct digital radiography as it relates to interproximal carries assessment. conclusions using these ...

Digital imaging is becoming widely used in diagnostic radiology, and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is now generally accepted [1-3]. Several studies have evaluated digital imaging using a computed radiography system for chest examinations [4-10] and for excretory urography [11] . This prospective study uses receiver operating curve analysis [12 , 13] to compare the diagnostic accuracy of...

Radiologic procedures used to evaluate patients with suspected glomus tumor have included plain skull radiography, temporal bone tomography, computed tomography, and cerebral angiography. Of these, only angiography has proven reliable as a screening procedure for small glomus tympanicum and jugulare tumors. Digital subtraction angiography was used as the initial examination for suspected paraga...

statement of problem: digital measurement of rvg may improve diagnostic interpretation of radiographs in terms of accuracy, although it has been shown that validity of linear measurements of interproximal bone loss could not be improved by basic digital manipulations. purpose: the aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of radiovisiography (rvg) in the linear measurement of interproximal...

While recent advances in radiologic imaging have focused on CT and MRI technology, progress in digital radiographic techniques has also had significant impact on our ability to evaluate cardiothoracic disease. A number of publications have established the improved image quality of digital imaging systems over conventional film techniques [1]. While image quality has clearly improved with digita...

the article entitled “accuracy of digital subtraction radiography in combination with a contrast media in assessment of proximal caries depth” which appeared in j dent res dent clin dent prospect 2008; 2(3):77-81 incorrectly listed the second author’s affiliation as department of oral and maxillofacial radiology, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences. the correct affiliation of sara eh...

Introduction Radiography is a main diagnostic tool for detecting dental and maxillofacial lesions 2, . Radiologic images have two dimension of three dimensional reality, hence, the images of different anatomical structures are superimposed on each other and, thus, make it difficult to detect the lesions 2, 4, . Radiographic examination is still left much to be desired as a diagnostic tool: Firs...