Open Access<p>Ultrasound Sonography to Detect Focal Osteoporotic Jawbone Marrow Defects: Clinical Comparative Study with Corresponding Hounsfield Units and RANTES/CCL5 Expression</p>
Author(s) -
Johann Lechner,
Bernd Zimmermann,
Marlene Schmidt,
Volker von Baehr
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1179-1357
DOI - 10.2147/ccide.s247345
Subject(s) - hounsfield scale , medicine , ultrasound , nuclear medicine , panoramic radiograph , histology , radiology , cone beam computed tomography , radiography , pathology , computed tomography
The presently used impulse echo ultrasound examination is not suitable to provide relevant and reliable information about the jawbone, because ultrasound (US) almost completely reflects from the hard cortical jawbone. At the same time, "focal osteoporotic bone marrow defects" (BoneMarrowDefects = BMD) in jawbone are the subject of scientific presentations and discussions.