4.4.4.1 Contrast Resolution -- 4.4.4.2 Spatial Resolution -- 4.4.4.3 Detector Sensitivity -- 4.4.4.4 Image Processing -- 4.4.4.5 Image Storage -- 4.4.4.6 Image Compression -- 4.5 Major Concerns in Panoramic Imaging -- 4.6 Patient Positioning -- 4.6.1 Common Errors in Panoramic Radiography -- 4.6.1.1 Ghost Images -- 4.7 Advances in Panoramic Imaging -- 4.7.1 Volumetric Panoramic Reconstruction -- 4.8 Panoramic Radiography: Radiation Dose -- References -- 5: Panoramic Radiographic Anatomy -- 5.1 Anatomical Landmarks -- 5.1.1 Normal Anatomy -- 5.1.1.1 Hard Tissue (Figs. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14 and 5.15) -- 5.1.1.2 Airway Shadows -- 5.1.1.3 Soft Tissue Shades -- 5.2 Panoramic Radiography: Diagnosing Dentition Anomalies -- 5.3 Panoramic Radiography: Evaluation of Tooth Eruption and Impaction -- 5.4 Panoramic Radiography: Evaluations in Orthodontics -- 5.5 Panoramic Radiography: Mandibular Canal Variations -- 5.6 Panoramic Radiography: Common Pathological Conditions -- 5.7 Panoramic Radiography: Maxillary Sinus -- 5.7.1 Inflammations Involving the Maxillary Sinus -- 5.8 Panoramic Radiology: Endodontics -- 5.9 Panoramic Radiography: Diagnosis of Pericoronal Pathologies -- 5.10 Panoramic Radiology: Maxillofacial Trauma -- 5.11 Panoramic Radiography: Diagnosis of Systemic Diseases -- 5.12 Panoramic Radiology and Oncology -- 5.12.1 Oncological Approach -- References -- 6: Cephalometric Radiography -- 6.1 Basic Principles and Interpretation -- 6.2 Cephalometric Radiographic Anatomy -- 6.2.1 Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph -- 6.2.1.1 Hard Tissue Anatomic Elements -- 6.2.1.2 Soft Tissue and Other Anatomic Elements -- 6.2.2 Posteroanterior Cephalometric Radiography -- 6.2.2.1 Hard Tissue Anatomic Elements -- 6.2.2.2 Sinuses, Cavities, and Foramina. |