AIMS This study used dried human mandibles and aimed to assess the effect of different horizontal condylar angle and the effect of different beam angles from three different units in the depiction of medial, central and lateral parts of the condyle on panoramic and lateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ) panoramic images. METHODS Standard panoramic and lateral TMJ panoramic images of four dried...

We introduce a new class of panoramic images, called polycentric panoramic images, which is a generalization from more specific classes such as single-center, multiple-center, or concentric panoramic images. This paper focuses on the derivation of an epipolar curve equation for polycentric panoramic images. The epipolar curve equation derived provides a unified approach for the epipolar geometr...

As the sensor technology and image processing technology rapidly developped, more and more scholars have paid attention to the panoramic imaging technology. Panoramic imaging technology can be applied to military, medicine, security, etc. Panoramic imaging technology has became an important research topic in the field of computer vision. There are four current methods to obtain panoramic images...

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...