Volume 18, Number 1, March 2006
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David S MacDonald-Jankowski,1 Thomas KL Li2
1Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and 2Oral Radiology Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Abstract
Computed tomography, particularly spiral computed tomography, is increasingly available for the investigation of face and jaw lesions. This paper introduces the various types of computed tomography, while concentrating on spiral computed tomography, and covers window level and width, pitch, multislice computed tomography, 3-dimensional reformatting, and the limitations of spiral computed tomography. The indications for an increased need for spiral computed tomography are discussed. The applications of other functions of spiral computed tomography that may be applicable to lesions of the face and jaws are introduced.
Key words: Jaw fractures, Jaw neoplasms, Radiology, Tomography, spiral computed
Asian J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006;18:7-16.
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