Open AccessUltrasonography - A diagnostic modality for oral and maxillofacial diseases
Author(s) -
Priya Joshi,
Jaydeep N Pol,
Ahale Sumeet Sudesh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.137942
Subject(s) - medicine , histopathology , radiology , oral and maxillofacial surgery , soft tissue , magnetic resonance imaging , radiography , biopsy , neck dissection , dentistry , pathology , carcinoma
Many diseases present themselves in oral and maxillofacial regions and various modalities may be applied for their diagnosis, including intraoral and panoramic radiography, ultrasonography (USG), computer tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and nuclear medicine methods such as positron emission tomography. Of these modalities, USG is easy to-use for the detection of non-invasive and soft tissue related diseases in oral and maxillofacial regions. USG plays an important role in analyzing normal and abnormal structures. In particular, in oral and maxillofacial regions, the USG may be clinically applied to evaluate lymph nodes, subcutaneous, and oral cavity-related diseases.