background: nasal fracture is a common fracture due to trauma. gold standard method in diagnosis of nasal fracture is clinical examination and radiography is used in legal situation. recently, ultrasound is recommended as a noninvasive and simple method in diagnosis of nasal fracture. this study investigates the role of ultrasound in diagnosis of nasal fracture. methods: 126 cases with suspecte...

Abstract Background Radiography as a profession has undergone significant changes in recent times with the introduction of new imaging modalities, increase ranges radiological investigations, and diversification role radiographers. As result these, there is need to step up radiography program meet these changes. This study aims at ascertaining perception lecturers Nigeria towards proposed docto...

background: malocclusion, as a worldwide issue, can cause a lot of problems for patients. panoramic (pr) and lateral cephalometric (lcr) radiographs are both usually indicated for orthodontic treatments. the aim of this study was to analyze vertical and sagittal parameters of both jaws on prs and to compare them on lcrs. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study, 61 samples from all ...

introduction: radiography is one of the most important diagnostic methods for evaluation of dental caries. on the other hand, the least amount of radiation along with high quality is a main gold standard. the purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of primax, insight radiographic films, and direct digital images (schick cmos-aps), in detection of interproximal natural carie...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the accuracy of biplane radiography in the detection of fractures of the thoracic spine in patients with minor trauma using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) as the reference and to compare the dose of both techniques. METHODS 107 consecutive trauma patients with suspected fractures of the thoracic spine on physical examination were included. All had undergone...

CONTEXT The Ottawa Knee Rule is a previously validated clinical decision rule that was developed to allow physicians to be more selective and efficient in their use of plain radiography for patients with acute knee injuries. OBJECTIVE To assess the impact on clinical practice of implementing the Ottawa Knee Rule. DESIGN Controlled clinical trial with before-after and concurrent controls. ...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the reliability and construct validity of an atlas for grading hand osteoarthritis (OA) on photographs in a separate younger community-dwelling population than the development cohort. METHODS Participants were community-dwelling adults (ages ≥50 years) in North Staffordshire, UK with hand pain or hand problems in the last year who attended a research clinic. High-qual...