objectives: differential diagnosis of bifid mandibular condyle (bmc) is important, since it may play a role in temporomandibular joint (tmj) dysfunctions and joint symptoms. in addition, radiographic appearance of bmc may mimic tumors and/or fractures. the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and orientation of bmc based on cone beam computed tomography (cbct) scans.   materials and...

objectives: the aim of this study was to assess the effect of tube current, kilovoltage peak (kvp), metal type, and the position of metal objects on metal artifacts in cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) images. materials and methods: titanium and cobalt-chromium rods were fabricated and placed in a dry human mandible. samples were scanned using a promax 3d cbct unit with different milli-amper...

for obtaining reservoir petrophysical properties, for example porosity, non-destructive methods such as x-ray computed tomography, ct, seems to be precise and accurate. porosity is deducted from the ct image with a single scan via different techniques, such as pore space detection by image segmentation techniques then correlation with porosity. more than one hundred samples with carbonate li...

introduction: due to the complexity of facial asy-mmetry, the diagnosis of different aspects of asymmetry via conventional radiographs is not precise. in this study, we investigated findings of facial asymmetry by using cone- beam computed tomography (cbct) images. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, we evaluated cbct findings of 18 patients i.e. a group of 14 females and 4 males ...

Micron-scale computed tomography (micro-CT) is an essential tool for phenotyping and for elucidating diseases and their therapies. This work is focused on preclinical micro-CT imaging, reviewing relevant principles, technologies, and applications. Commonly, micro-CT provides high-resolution anatomic information, either on its own or in conjunction with lower-resolution functional imaging modali...

background paranasal sinus ct has high sensitivity and specificity for sinusitis. however, this modality is costly and involves greater radiation exposure than plain radiographs. objectives we tried to compare 10-cut limited ct scan and standard ct scan in the diagnosis of sinusitis. materials and methods we conducted a cross sectional case series from august to december 2010 on 150 patients wi...

This study was designed to evaluate the effects of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on bone regeneration during the bone-tendon junction healing process and to explore the application of synchrotron radiation micro computed tomography in three dimensional visualization of the bone-tendon junction to evaluate the microarchitecture of new trabecular bone. Twenty four mature New Zealand rabbits und...