Minimally invasive medical procedures such as biopsies, anesthesia drug injections, and brachytherapy cancer treatments require inserting a needle to a specific target inside soft tissue. This is difficult because needle insertion displaces and deforms the surrounding soft tissue causing the target to move during the procedure. To facilitate physician training and pre-operative planning for the...

introduction: diode laser with wavelengths ranging from 810 to 980 nm in a continuous or pulsed mode was used as a possible instrument for soft tissue surgery in the oral cavity. discussion: diode laser is one of laser systems in which photons are produced by electric current with wavelengths of 810, 940 and 980nm. the application of diode laser in soft tissue oral surgery has been evaluated fr...

this paper presents four cases of abnormal soft tissue activity in the bone scan of patients with different lesions (lung inflammatory pseudotumor, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma and metastatic hepatic carcinoma of colon).

injection of synthetic fillers for soft tissue augmentation is increasing over the last decade. one of the most common materials used is hyaluronic acid (ha) that is safe and temporary filler for soft tissue augmentation. we present a case of 54-year-old female who experienced vascular occlusion and nasal alar necrosis following ha injection to the nasolabial folds. she suffered from pain, necr...

This study is designed to compare tissue response to immediately loaded endosseous implants supporting mandibular dentures. One insertion timing stage combined with early and immediate osteotomy preparation was used in each case; thanks to split-mouth design. The comparison included soft tissue healing and bone response to the osteotomy procedure from the time of surgery to the stage of punch a...

introduction: lasers have made tremendous progress in the field of dentistry and have turned out to be crucial in oral surgery as collateral approach for soft tissue surgery. this rapid progress can be attributed to the fact that lasers allow efficient execution of soft tissue procedures with excellent hemostasis and field visibility. when matched to scalpel, electrocautery or high frequency de...

− Medical procedures such as seed implants, biopsies, and treatment injections require inserting a needle tip to a specific target location inside the human body. This is difficult because (1) insertion causes soft tissues to displace and deform, and (2) it is often difficult or impossible to obtain imaging data during insertion. We are developing a sensorless planning system for needle inserti...

background and objective: different mechanisms may lead to the development of soft tissue tumor-like lesions in the oral cavity. many of these lesions can be identified as specific entities on the basis of their histopathological features and are divided into fibrous, vascular, and giant cell types. the purpose of this study was to establish the relative prevalence of the different histopatholo...