Archive | 2019
Applications Of The Methods Of Image Diagnosis In Obstructive Sleepapnea
Abstract
Modern methods of imaging diagnosis play more and more important role in severe sleep breathing disorders and of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) itself. They could be classified in three main groups: x-ray, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis. In dental medicine, the following x-ray methods are most commonly used: intraoral x-ray examinations of the teeth, jaws and temporomandibular joints as well as cephalometry. Tri-dimensional and conventional panoramic tomography, dynamic tridimensional CT, multislice CT, cone-beam CT, volumetric tridimensional CT reconstruction and electric impendance tomography are more and more widely applied. The MRI is accomplished by a variety of refinements such as cine magnetic, dynamic, diffusion torsional, functional, etc. as well as in combination with CT and positron emission tomography.