OBJECTIVES The aims of this study were to evaluate the influence of gender and dental status on the mental index, mandibular cortical index and panoramic mandibular index from dental panoramic radiographs in elderly who had osteoporosis or did not have osteoporosis. METHODS Panoramic radiographs of 487 elderly dental patients (age range 60-88 years) were evaluated. It were recorded osteoporot...

Full panoramic images, covering 360 degrees, can be created either by using panoramic cameras or by mosaicing together many regular images. Creating panoramic views in stereo, where one panorama is generated for the left eye, and another panorama is generated for the right eye is more problematic. Earlier attempts to mosaic images from a rotating pair of stereo cameras faced severe problems of ...

Digital panoramic cameras have found growing interest in photogrammetry in the past few years. Originally primarily being used for purposes such as web-based animation or surveillance, panoramic cameras have meanwhile reached a performance, which makes them an interesting data acquisition tool for a number of applications in photogrammetry. New developments in sensor technology have enabled the...

INTRODUCTION Panoramic radiographs are routinely used in orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning. It would be useful if these radiographs could also provide information about internal derangement (ID) of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). METHODS The sample consisted of 168 condyles in 84 women. They underwent panoramic radiography on 1 of 3 machines and bilateral magnetic resonance imag...

While digital panoramic photography taken along travelling routes is very popular, digital panoramic strip maps are virtually nonexistent. In this article, we explore the characteristics of panoramic strip maps and provide an interactive method for their digital creation, focusing on the challenge of straightening curved routes. The resulting software Terrain Bender implements a geometric defor...

Understand the limitations of panoramic radiography in detecting systemic diseases. For the purposes of this report, “systemic disease” will be interpreted as conditions that are spread out within the body rather than localized strictly to the tissues of the oral cavity. Since it would take many volumes to review all such conditions, the intent of this issue of Panoramic Imaging News is to revi...

background and aims. panoramic radiographs are used for surgical planning of unerupted third molars. the major problems associated with panoramic radiography include unequal magnification and geometric distortion of the image. the purpose of this study was the clinical evaluation of the effect of radiographic distortion on the position and classification of unerpted mandibular third molars. mat...