Title
Ultrasound Imaging Of Dental Implants
Abstract
Accurate measurement of soft tissue thickness is needed prior to dental implant placement and prior to surgical uncovering of the implant. Ultrasonography has many potential advantages for use in dental implant surgery, but has not yet been made suitable for clinical use. A 2D ultrasound imaging system and a mechanical positioning system were used to scan dental implants embedded in a porcine jaw, covered by soft tissue, submerged in a water tank. Results indicated that ultrasound can be used to accurately detect, locate, and measure dental implant fixtures and measure the thickness of the overlying soft tissue in an ex vivo environment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/EMBC.2012.6345966
2012 ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY (EMBC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
surgery,dentistry
Biomedical engineering,Ultrasonography,Dentistry,Implant,Computer science,Ultrasound imaging,Dental implant,Soft tissue,Ultrasonic imaging,Ultrasound
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2012
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martin Culjat1376.79
Mijin Choi200.34
Rahul S Singh300.68
Shane N White410.71