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Guide to Digital Radiography

February 6, 2012

Digital Radiography is one of the most exciting and fastest growing technologies in dentistry. It is also the area with the most misinformation. I constantly talk with dentists who either do buy digital for the wrong reasons or don’t buy for the wrong reasons.
My comprehensive technology guide, “Digital Radiography” exposes nine myths about digital radiography [...]

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ClikRay – ShaRing

February 2, 2012

This new holder for digital sensors was designed with the help of XDR Radiology and Adam Chen, DDS. It is a single ring designed to replace the need for three separate rings used in a full mouth series. Plus the metal positioning rods have been replaced with a non metal high heat plastic resin, these rods [...]

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The 5th International Congress on 3-D Dental Imaging

November 2, 2011

Starts Friday
I went to this last year and I will be going again this year.

It was well worth the investment of time and money. If you are new to CBCT, if you are a veteran user or if you are considering this amazing technology this meeting will be valuable.
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What’s a Voxel?

September 27, 2011

What the heck is a voxel…and why should you care?
A voxel is to a 3D image as a pixel is to a flat 2D image. It is a measure of space.
This matters if you are considering a come beam CT. The CBCT will render the image in voxels. As a general rule the smaller the [...]

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The Future is 3D

September 22, 2011

The Dr Bicuspid article linked below discusses CBCT with two pioneers in the field. The primary message is, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Cone-beam CT doesn’t have to be a tool that is just used for implant diagnostics any longer. And this is partly because of the robust viewing software, which allows you to look at so [...]

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Digital Radiography Myths

September 21, 2011

 
 

Myth:
The thinnest sensors are the most comfortable.
Fact: This seems to make sense but on examination it is just silly. With this logic pressing a knife blade into your hand would be more comfortable than pressing a spoon. After all, the knife is thinner. Within the range of all sensors on the market, that is 2-4mm [...]

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Handheld X-ray Safety

September 12, 2011

One of my favorite products is the hand help Nomad X-Ray device. I have written about it frequently. Of course there is a concern about the safety of using a hand held device. Nomad has done a great deal of testing as have other independent research centers. Follow the link for a look at some [...]

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Acteon Goes Apple

September 9, 2011

Acteon North America has released an Apple (OSx)  version of their acquisition and viewing software for use with the Sopro brand cameras. That means you can use a Sopro camera (including the amazing SoproLIFE that uses light fluorescence to detect caries) or even a digital radiography sensor and capture and view the image directly on an Apple computer such [...]

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Sensors for Dummies

September 7, 2011

A corded sensor has three basic elements. First is a scintillator. When x-rays impact the scintillator it fluoresces, creating a very precise pattern of light.

Many, but not all, sensors have an optical fibre. It transmits the light from the scintillator screen to the chip and protects the chip from x-rays.
A solid state computer chip receives [...]

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Epson Perfection V700 Good Choice for X-Ray Scanner

August 17, 2011

The best way to digitize film radiographs is to scan them with a flatbed desktop scanner. The scanner needs to have a “Transparency Adapter”. This is a device which allows users to shine a light through a transparent object in order to scan it. Transparency adapters were devised primarily for scanning 35 mm slides but work just [...]

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XDR Diagnotic Features

August 12, 2011

I have long held that one of the primary benefits of digital radiography is the ability to use software to enhance the image and improve diagnostic efficiency.
All too often dentists, and even the vendors selling radiography to dentists, have been caught up in the mantra, what looks most like film. I assert this is the [...]

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CS 9300 3D Image System

May 16, 2011

Carestream (Kodak) is showing a new cone beam (CBCT) unit the CS 9300 at CDA. The unit looks like a fancy stand up pano. It is a combination pano and 3D Cone beam similar to the Kodak 9000. Both  machines take pano equivalent images and 3D images. The improvement in the 9300 over the 9000 is the multiple [...]

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Intelligent Positioning System

April 20, 2011

 It doesn’t matter how sophisticated the sensor is - or how powerful your image software is - the fact is that if you don’t position the sensor and align the tube head properly you will get a lousy radiograph.
For the most part we are still using the aiming system used by America’s most famous dentist…Doc Holiday. Now [...]

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Cone Beam CT Comparison

April 15, 2011

Thanks to Conebeam.com for the comprehensive chart linked below. It features 21 different cone beam machines and compares 17 variables like dosage and voxel size.
CBCT Chart | CBCT For Everyone.

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Intra Oral Positioning Survey

July 26, 2010

Imaging Sciences (i-cat) is doing some market research and running a survey on intraoral positioning and portable x-ray. As a thank you to those who take the survey, they will enter your name in a drawing for a FREE GXC-300 intraoral camera.
 
Click here to take the survey.

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The “Digital” Advantage

May 25, 2010

One of the most powerful features of a digital radiograph is one which is so obvious that it is sometimes ignored. It is an advantage which people with limited experience with digital technology often do not appreciate. That is, just the simple fact that the x-ray image is digital is a tremendous benefit.
To digitize anything, [...]

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