Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology

Research

Clinical research, being performed jointly with Bartron Medical Imaging and NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center, is addressing the postprocessing and data mining of digital dental images, and evaluating various postprocessing analytic algorithms in the early detection of osteoporosis. We are also working jointly with faculty in the Department of Reconstructive Sciences examining imaging characteristics of patients with unusual skeletal abnormalities of genetic origin.

We are currently developing a filmless OMF Radiology facility, with direct image deposition in a dental PACS solution which then integrates with an electronic dental record. This system is designed to be interactive with research and educational activities throughout the School of Dental Medicine and the Health Center.

Finally, a wide variety of additional clinical and translational research projects, centered on relative diagnostic efficacies of various imaging modalities and often examining CBCT, are active amongst our Master of Dental Science Graduate Students, usually in collaboration with one or more OMFR faculty members and other graduate faculty members in the Health Center.