introduction: the purpose of this clinical study was to compare the accuracy of working length (wl) determination using cone-beam computed tomography (cbct), conventional periapical radiographies and electronic apex locator. methods and materials: this study was conducted during root canal treatment of 19 patients with a total of 30 single-rooted teeth diagnosed with apical periodontitis. after...

Introduction: The application of 3D volumetric imaging modalities in treatment planning of radiation therapy can provide more precisely define tumor localization, and computed tomography (CT) is the most common accepted method for treatment planning. Given the lack of a CT scanner stationed in all radiotherapy departments and equipping most of the medical linear accelerators wi...

Cone beam computed tomography is a comparatively new threedimensional imaging technology, which has been specially developed for imaging of the maxillofacial complex. The aim of this paper is to accustom the dental fraternity with the wide and potential applications of cone beam computed tomography in dentistry.

background and aims. the imaging techniques commonly used for foreign body detection include plain radiography, xeroradiography, computed tomography (ct) scans, magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and ultrasonography. the aim of the present study was to compare cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) with conventional ct scan in determination of the exact location of a foreign body in the maxillofaci...

Currently portal imaging devices are used to obtain information on patient localization during radiation therapy treatments. Such obtained information is two dimensional in nature, limited to the plane of the captured image. It has been proposed that megavoltage computed tomography images be reconstructed to overcome this limitation. This study explores the feasibility of reconstructing tomogra...

The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has sustained interest in radiological protection in computed tomography (CT), and ICRP Publications 87 and 102 focused on the management of patient doses in CT and multi-detector CT (MDCT) respectively. ICRP forecasted and 'sounded the alarm' on increasing patient doses in CT, and recommended actions for manufacturers and users. On...