Advances in maxillofacial imaging Book

	The International Association of Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (IADMFR): A synopsis of the first 25 years	3
	Base-enabling technologies for imaging and therapy	5
	Imaging modalities for maxillofacial diagnosis: a glimpse at the future	15
	Practical insights into the imaging of odontogenic lesions	27
	Radiology of ameloblastoma in Jamaica	35
	Maxillary ameloblastoma: a retrospective study of nine cases	41
	Detectability of intraosseous lesion of jaw bones using intraoral digital radiography	51
	A comparison of the accuracy of a direct digital radiographic and conventional film based subtraction system in detecting bony change	59
	Measurements of bone mineral density in reformatted CT images from axial scans	67
	Relation of jaw bone mass and tooth loss to general skeletal mineral status in Japanese postmenopausal women	73
	Radiographic measurements from the cemento-enamel junction to the alveolar-crest in postmenopausal women: relationships with clinical, dietary and demographic variables	81
	Plaque measurement from intra-oral video frames	89
	A comparative evaluation of Ektaspeed Plus film, Sidexis and enhanced Sidexis images to detect radiographic crestal bone loss from periodontitis using ROC analysis	95
	The effects of periodontal diseases on mucoperiosteal thickening of the maxillary sinus	103
	3-D techniques in the planning of implant surgery	111
	Reliability of spiral tomography for implant site measurement of the mandible compared with DentaScan computed tomography	119
	CT evaluation of postoperative osseointegrated implants	127
	Pre-surgical dental implant assessment by magnetic resonance imaging	133
	3-D CT investigation of mandibular condyle fractures	143
	Radiographic correlation of temporomandibular joint and hand changes in patients with osteoarthritis	151
	Evaluation of temporomandibular joint disk position using direct digital tomography	157
	Diagnosis of temporomandibular joint disk displacement: reassessment of subjective diagnosis of displacement by quantitative diagnosis	161
	Quantitative diagnosis of bone scintigraphy using [superscript 99m]Tc-MDP in temporomandibular disorders	165
	Analyses of acoustic characteristics and MR image for TMJ with crepitus accompanied by pain	171
	The T2 signal intensity in retrodiscal tissue of painful temporomandibular joint	179
	Localization of the mandibular nerve and the impacted lower third molar on transversal tomograms	189
	A simulation system with 3-D CT images for maxillofacial surgery and prediction of post-operative facial appearance	197
	Scintigraphic detection of malignant tumors with [superscript 201]Tl-chloride: an investigation incomparison with [superscript 67]Ga-citrate	205
	Skeletal age assessment: Comparative study between cervical vertebrae and hand-wrist maturation	215
	Are soft tissue profiles accurate predictors of antero-posterior skeletal pattern?	223
	Ultrasonographic and CT findings of tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis	231
	Cervical lymph nodes in oral cancer patients: CT and US study	239
	Artificial neural networks in evaluating cervical lymph node metastasis on ultrasonograph	245
	The assessment on echogenicity of ultrasonography in normal human parotid and submandibular glands	253
	A developmental study of a new type of digital dental x-ray imaging system	265
	An endodontic file model to compare geometric and digital unsharpness in dental radiographs	271
	Development of a digital panoramic x-ray machine using a photon counting x-ray sensor	279
	Distortion within the image layer of a panoramic radiographic device using a charge-coupled device receptor: experiences with the DigiPan	283
	Luminance dependency of detectability on CRT display	293
	The loss of image quality in digital panoramic radiography using image compression	299
	Observer-independent registration technique based on corresponding points	307
	The effect of object motion on the performance of projective standardization	315
	Post-surgical periodontal evaluations by long distance teleconferencing	325
	A case presentation simulating a teledentistry network consultation	333
	A Markov chain model to plan an oral radiological PACS database	341
	Diagnostic ability of film-based digitized and compressed images in diagnosing the mandibular bone destruction by malignancy	349
	Tuned aperture computed tomography: theory and application in dental radiology	359
	3-D imaging in dental radiology	367
	Dento-maxillary 3-D image using cross-sectional tomography	373
	Automatic selection of variable radiographic examination intervals based upon caries risk	385
	The radiographic procedures among Brazilian dentists	393
	Doses to critical organs from computed tomography	401
	Absorbed dose to the parotid glands: spiral CT versus tomographic examination	407
	Exploding the myth of diagnostic radiation risks	413
	Effect of x-ray irradiation on proliferation and differentiation of the osteoblast	423
	An experimental study on the change of the radiosensitivity of several tumor cell line and primary cultured gingival fibroblasts	427
	Induced radiation resistance by a long term culture of low dose bleomycin and cis-platinum in seven head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines	437
	Interstitial brachytherapy for stage I and II squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue	445
	Dental morphology abnormalities seen on panoramic radiographs of long term survivors of childhood malignancy	453<</table>