i-CAT Vision Overview
i-CAT Vision viewing software allows for the visualization and manipulation of patient images in a 3-D environment. The software provides the ability to perform measurements, evaluate TMJ, analyze panoramic images, view in 3 planes, examine cross-sectional anatomy, change slice thickness, display MIP images and much more.
Croall Radiography, Inc. in conjunction with Imaging Sciences provides and supports this software free of charge to Doctors that order i-CAT scans for their patients.
TMJ Study
Many people, even doctors, nurses, and insurance companies, use the term TMJ. But what does this abbreviation mean? The term TMJ is an abbreviation for Temporo-Mandibular Joint, or the jaw joint. In fact, there are really two TMJs, one in front of each ear.
The TMJ is the joint formed by the temporal bone of the skull (Temporo) with the lower jaw or mandible (hence, mandibular). These joints move each time we chew, talk or even swallow. The TMJ is actually a sliding joint and not a ball-and-socket like the shoulder. This sliding allows for pressures placed on the joint to be distributed throughout the joint and not just in one area.
The TMJ is the most complex joint in the human body. Placed between these two bones is a disc, just like the one between your back bones. This disc is primarily made of cartilage and in the TMJ acts like a third bone. The disc, being attached to a muscle, actually moves with certain movements of the TMJ.
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Sample TMJ Study using the
i-CAT Vision Software
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Implant
Dental implants are artificial tooth replacements that are used to counter tooth loss. The procedure is categorized as a form of prosthetic (artificial replacement) dentistry, though it also falls into the category of cosmetic dentistry as well.
Although there are a number of restorative options for the treatment of missing teeth, none has proven to be as functionally effective and esthetically natural as implants. In many cases, dental implants may be the only logical choice for the restoration of all necessary functionality of the teeth and supporting structures.
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Sample Implant Study using the i-CAT Vision Software
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Pathology
Dental pathology is the diagnosis and characterization of diseases of the teeth, jaw, and maxilla through the examination of tissue specimens, traditional x-ray and the more advanced CT scans from the i-CAT.
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Sample Airway Study - one of the many pathology uses the i-CAT Vision Software provides
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3rd Molar Evaluation
An impacted tooth is a tooth that is all the way or partially below the gum line and is not able to erupt properly. Wisdom teeth (third molars) are the most commonly impacted teeth. Teeth that are impacted usually have to be removed by an oral surgeon.
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Sample 3rd molar evaluation
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