Contributions to the imaging study of the affection of the temporomandibular joint in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  1. Otero González, María Florinda
Supervised by:
  1. Antonio Mera Varela Director
  2. Jorge Mira Pérez Co-director
  3. Pablo García Tahoces Co-director

Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Fecha de defensa: 22 December 2016

Committee:
  1. Xosé Manuel Pardo López Chair
  2. Alejandro Souto Vilas Secretary
  3. Michel Dalstra Committee member
Department:
  1. Department of Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine

Type: Thesis

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Abstract

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common inflammatory rheumatic disease of childhood and the involvement of the temporomandibular joint has been reported in different studies. A number of scanning modalities can be used, and each modality uses a different physical effect to generate cross-sectional images through the human body. The cross-sectional images are arranged in order so that the computer can construct a three-dimensional data set of the patient.The three-dimensional visualizing method may, besides providing diagnostic advantages, be a valuable tool for qualitative and quantitative documentation of the efficiency of different treatment in patients with TMJ arthritis.