Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: A Diagnostic Approach [Hardcover]

Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: A Diagnostic Approach, Second Edition is a fully updated and revised edition of this richly illustrated reference to the wide range of diagnostic imaging modalities available for investigating lesions affecting the face and jaws.??

• Provides extensive flowcharts detailing the steps of diagnosis and decisions
• Features more than?450 clinical images, including many multi-part figures, demonstrating the concepts discussed, with more images covering cone beam computed tomography, positron emission tomography, and interventional procedures
• Discusses differences in the demographic, clinical and radiological presentations, and outcomes of treatment due to ethnicity
• Presents practical approaches firmly grounded in the scientific literature, focusing on the most common and important lesions
• Includes perspectives from experts in various specialty areas, including medical radiologists, oral and maxillofacial radiologists, functional imaging specialists, and radiation oncologists

List of contributors ix

Preface xi

Part 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Basics of radiological diagnosis 3

Chapter 2 Viewing conditions and physiological phenomena and radiological interpretation 47

Chapter 3 Evidencebased radiology 63

Part 2 Advanced imaging modalities 73

Chapter 4 Computed tomography 75

Chapter 5 Conebeam computed tomography 89

Chapter 6 Magnetic resonance imaging 111

Chapter 7 Positron emission tomography 135

Chapter 8 Basics of ultrasound 151

Part 3 Radiological pathology of the jaws 159