PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the conventional and digital radiography in the estimation of working length in mandibular molars. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty molar teeth were selected and divided into three groups in the basis of canal curves (0-15°, 15-30°, >30°). After the placement of a 15 K-file, radiographs were taken with a conventional film (F-speed) and a digital sen...

introduction: the use of panoramic radiography has shown a remarkable expansion over the past 20 years. accurate positioning and preparation of patients is needed to avoid image distortion. the aim of this study was to evaluate the common errors on panoramic radiographs taken in the radiology department of rasht dental school. materials and methods: the study sample included 390 digital panoram...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic subtraction radiography (DSR) is a new digital radiographic image subtraction method designed to enhance detection of crestal or periapical bone density changes and to help evaluate caries progression in teeth. In this clinical study, the performance of the DSR method was evaluated for its ability to detect periodontal bone loss and was compared with that of conventional e...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess radiographer familiarity and preferences with digital radiography in four teaching hospitals and thereafter make recommendations in line with the migration from screen film to digital radiography. MATERIALS AND METHODS A questionnaire was designed to collect data from either qualified or student radiographers from four teaching hospitals. From t...

o bjectives: to determine the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance angiography (mra) compared to intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (dsa) in detection of intracranial aneurysms in those suffering from acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah). m e thods: this observational diagnostic study was performed at a tertiary teaching hospital and reference center in shiraz, iran. we included...

Misregistration due to cardiac motion causes artifacts in two-exposure dual-energy subtraction images, in both the soft-tissue-only image and the bone-only image. Two previous investigations have attempted to avoid misregistration artifacts by using cardiac gating of the first and second exposures. The severity of misregistration was affected by the heart rate, the time interval between the low...

  Background: This study has aimed to measure the patient dose in entire spine radiography by EOS system in comparison with the digital radiography. Methods: EOS stereo-radiography was used for frontal and lateral view spine imaging in 41 patients in a prospective analytical study. A calibrated dose area product (DAP) meter was used for calibration of the DAP in EOS system. The accuracy and pr...