Computed tomography : advances in research and applications

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"This book provides new research on computed tomography. Chapter One presents strategies for computer-aided designing of surgical guides for dental implant procedures based on cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). Chapter Two gives an in depth analysis of using CBCT in anatomic variations of the mandibular canal and the mental foramen. Chapter Three discusses the use of CBCT for an accurate analysis of the nasopalatine canal. Chapter Four reviews the use of CBCT to assess morphometric characteristics of the greater palatine canal. Chapter Five reviews and discusses the application of state-of-art content based image retrieval schemes in pathological risk analysis of lung computed tomography images."--  Read more... Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 Abstract......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 Application of CAD/CAM Technology to Designing and Manufacturing of Surgical Implant Guides......Page 18 Conversion of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine Format to Stereolithography Format......Page 21 Strategies for Designing the Surgical Guides......Page 22 References......Page 30 Biographical Sketch......Page 32 Abstract......Page 35 Anatomy......Page 37 Bifid Mandibular Canals on CBCT......Page 39 Clinical Implications of Bifid Mandibular Canals and Retromolar Foramen......Page 43 Anatomy......Page 44 Mental Foramen on CBCT......Page 45 Accessory Mental Foramen on CBCT......Page 46 Clinical Implications of Mental Foramen and Accessory Mental Foramina......Page 47 References......Page 50 Abstract......Page 57 Premaxillary Region......Page 58 Nasopalatine Canal: Brief Anatomic Description......Page 59 Analysis Using CBCT: Nasopalatine Canal Evaluation......Page 60 Sagittal Slice......Page 61 Level 1, Axial Slice......Page 62 Level 1, Sagittal Slice......Page 64 Level 2, Axial Slice......Page 65 Level 2, Coronal Slice......Page 66 Level 3......Page 67 Level 3, Sagittal Slice......Page 68 Sagittal Direction and Course of Nasopalatine Canal......Page 69 Coronal Shapes of Nasopalatine Canal......Page 70 Axial Shapes of Nasopalatine Canal......Page 71 Conventional 2D Radiographs Versus CBCT Images......Page 72 Clinical Implications......Page 73 References......Page 74 Abstract......Page 79 Introduction......Page 80 Palatal Region......Page 81 Greater Palatine Neurovascular Bundle: Innervation and Vascularization......Page 83 A View on HRCT Based to Literature: Greater Palatine Foramen and Greater Palatine Canal......Page 84 Axial Slices......Page 85 Sagittal Slices......Page 86 A Detailed Analysis on CBCT: Greater Palatine Foramen and Greater Palatine Canal......Page 87 Axial Slices......Page 88 Greater Palatine Canal Length......Page 92 Coronal Slices......Page 94 Anatomic Routes of the Greater Palatine Canal......Page 95 Clinical Implications......Page 96 References......Page 97 Abstract......Page 101 Introduction......Page 102 Pulmonary Parenchyma Segmentation......Page 104 Feature Selection and Vocabulary Construction......Page 105 LDA Model for Image Retrieval and Analysis......Page 108 Experimental Results......Page 111 Discussion......Page 114 Acknowledgments......Page 116 References......Page 117 Index......Page 121 Blank Page......Page 2