No intuito de transformar sistemas de angiografia convencionais em sistemas de subtração digital com angiografia foram implementados três métodos de subtração digital: subtração digital por complemento de um, subtração por comparação 1 e subtração digital por comparação 2 e dois métodos de processamento: \"threshold\" e equalização para aplicação em sistemas angiográficos (DSA). O estudo destes métodos foi realizado com a simulação em sistemas gráficos a partir do qual foram avaliados o realce das pequenas estruturas vasculares, a influência do ruído e a velocidade de operação na subtração das imagens. Os algoritmos desenvolvidos em linguagem Pascal, utilizando Borland Delphi 2.0 (32 bits) foram testados com imagens obtidas no Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto e os resultados foram comparados por análise visual. / In the intention of transforming systems of conventional angiography in systems of digital subtraction with angiography three methods of digital subtraction were implemented, digital subtraction for complement of a, subtraction for comparison 1 and digital subtraction for comparison 2 two processing methods: threshold and equalize for application in systems angiographycs (DSA). The study of these methods was accomplished with the simulation in graphic systems statting from which were appraised it enhances it of the small vascular structures, the influence of the noise and the operation speed in the subtraction of the images. The algorithms developed in linguage Pascal, using Borland Delphi 2.0 (32 bits) they were tested with images obtained in the Hospital of the Clinics in Ribeirão Preto and the results were compared by visual analysis.

No intuito de transformar sistemas de angiografia convencionais em sistemas de subtração digital com angiografia foram implementados três métodos de subtração digital: subtração digital por complemento de um, subtração por comparação 1 e subtração digital por comparação 2 e dois métodos de processamento: \"threshold\" e equalização para aplicação em sistemas angiográficos (DSA). O estudo destes métodos foi realizado com a simulação em sistemas gráficos a partir do qual foram avaliados o realce das pequenas estruturas vasculares, a influência do ruído e a velocidade de operação na subtração das imagens. Os algoritmos desenvolvidos em linguagem Pascal, utilizando Borland Delphi 2.0 (32 bits) foram testados com imagens obtidas no Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto e os resultados foram comparados por análise visual. / In the intention of transforming systems of conventional angiography in systems of digital subtraction with angiography three methods of digital subtraction were implemented, digital subtraction for complement of a, subtraction for comparison 1 and digital subtraction for comparison 2 two processing methods: threshold and equalize for application in systems angiographycs (DSA). The study of these methods was accomplished with the simulation in graphic systems statting from which were appraised it enhances it of the small vascular structures, the influence of the noise and the operation speed in the subtraction of the images. The algorithms developed in linguage Pascal, using Borland Delphi 2.0 (32 bits) they were tested with images obtained in the Hospital of the Clinics in Ribeirão Preto and the results were compared by visual analysis.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os implantes osteointegráveis assumiram condição prioritária na reabilitação da perda dentária unitária ou múltipla em função das elevadas taxas de sucesso e previsibilidade no tratamento e vêm sendo cada vez mais utilizados por especialistas e clínicos. Atualmente existe a preocupação com a manutenção dos tecidos moles periimplantares, principalmente em áreas estéticas. De modo geral, um ano após a instalação dos implantes osteointegráveis ocorre uma perda óssea proximal de 1,5 mm e em média 0,1 mm durante os anos subsequentes. Nos últimos anos, achados clínicos evidenciaram menor perda óssea inicial associada a intermediários de diâmetro reduzido em relação à plataforma dos implantes. Com o objetivo de comparar, por meio de imagens radiográficas o comportamento ósseo proximal ao redor de implantes osteointegráveis com plataformas convencionais e plataformas de diâmetro intermediário reduzido, foi estabelecido o seguinte desenho de estudo clínico prospectivo: em 08 pacientes totalmente edentados, foram instalados 40 implantes, 5 implantes mandibulares por paciente. Cada paciente recebeu 3 implantes com plataforma convencional e 2 com plataforma associada aos intermediários de diâmetro reduzido (cone morse). Foram confeccionadas próteses em resina acrílica e fixadas precocemente aos implantes por intermédio de parafusos, seguindo o modelo protocolo Bränemark. Foram feitas radiografias periapicais padronizadas em intervalos de 21 dias, 3, 6 e 12 meses, após a instalação dos implantes. As imagens radiográficas foram digitalizadas e realizada a subtração radiográfica digital pelo programa emago, sendo comparadas com a radiografia inicial. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo mostraram uma regularidade no remodelamento ósseo ao longo do tempo para todos os implantes, não tendo sido encontradas diferenças significativas entre os diferentes implantes analisados. / In regard of the high successful rates and the excellent outcome, dental implants become the first option in rehabilitation for dental loss. In this way the maintenance of soft peri-implant tissues came up as a new issue to consider especially when esthetic areas are being restored. Generally a bone loss of approximately 1,5 mm occurs after one year of dental implant installation and every following year a new bone loss of about 0,1mm also happen. It has been demonstrated an association between a lower initial bone loss and switch platform. Aiming to compare the crestal bone status around dental implants between conventional platform implants and switch platform implants, dental radiographic images were analyzed and compared in a short term prospective clinical study. Eight complete edentulous patients were submitted to minor oral surgery to dental implants installation. Five mandibular dental implants were installed in each patient in a total of 40 dental implants. Three out of the five dental implants were conventional platform implants and two were platform switching implants (morse taper). Previous prepared mandibular total dentures were early screw attached according to Bränemark protocol. The radiographic follow up was performed 21 days and 3, 6 and 12 months after after the surgery. The periapical X-Ray were digitalized and a digital image subtraction was performed with emago software, All X-Ray were compared to the first X-Ray. The results shown a regular bone remodeling troughtout the follow up period and no significative differences were found between the analysed implants.

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Os implantes osteointegráveis assumiram condição prioritária na reabilitação da perda dentária unitária ou múltipla em função das elevadas taxas de sucesso e previsibilidade no tratamento e vêm sendo cada vez mais utilizados por especialistas e clínicos. Atualmente existe a preocupação com a manutenção dos tecidos moles periimplantares, principalmente em áreas estéticas. De modo geral, um ano após a instalação dos implantes osteointegráveis ocorre uma perda óssea proximal de 1,5 mm e em média 0,1 mm durante os anos subsequentes. Nos últimos anos, achados clínicos evidenciaram menor perda óssea inicial associada a intermediários de diâmetro reduzido em relação à plataforma dos implantes. Com o objetivo de comparar, por meio de imagens radiográficas o comportamento ósseo proximal ao redor de implantes osteointegráveis com plataformas convencionais e plataformas de diâmetro intermediário reduzido, foi estabelecido o seguinte desenho de estudo clínico prospectivo: em 08 pacientes totalmente edentados, foram instalados 40 implantes, 5 implantes mandibulares por paciente. Cada paciente recebeu 3 implantes com plataforma convencional e 2 com plataforma associada aos intermediários de diâmetro reduzido (cone morse). Foram confeccionadas próteses em resina acrílica e fixadas precocemente aos implantes por intermédio de parafusos, seguindo o modelo protocolo Bränemark. Foram feitas radiografias periapicais padronizadas em intervalos de 21 dias, 3, 6 e 12 meses, após a instalação dos implantes. As imagens radiográficas foram digitalizadas e realizada a subtração radiográfica digital pelo programa emago, sendo comparadas com a radiografia inicial. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo mostraram uma regularidade no remodelamento ósseo ao longo do tempo para todos os implantes, não tendo sido encontradas diferenças significativas entre os diferentes implantes analisados. / In regard of the high successful rates and the excellent outcome, dental implants become the first option in rehabilitation for dental loss. In this way the maintenance of soft peri-implant tissues came up as a new issue to consider especially when esthetic areas are being restored. Generally a bone loss of approximately 1,5 mm occurs after one year of dental implant installation and every following year a new bone loss of about 0,1mm also happen. It has been demonstrated an association between a lower initial bone loss and switch platform. Aiming to compare the crestal bone status around dental implants between conventional platform implants and switch platform implants, dental radiographic images were analyzed and compared in a short term prospective clinical study. Eight complete edentulous patients were submitted to minor oral surgery to dental implants installation. Five mandibular dental implants were installed in each patient in a total of 40 dental implants. Three out of the five dental implants were conventional platform implants and two were platform switching implants (morse taper). Previous prepared mandibular total dentures were early screw attached according to Bränemark protocol. The radiographic follow up was performed 21 days and 3, 6 and 12 months after after the surgery. The periapical X-Ray were digitalized and a digital image subtraction was performed with emago software, All X-Ray were compared to the first X-Ray. The results shown a regular bone remodeling troughtout the follow up period and no significative differences were found between the analysed implants.

Experimental grade III furcation defects were developed bilaterally at the second and fourth premolars in 18 conditioned, laboratory-source, adult Beagles and maintained for 12 weeks. All defects were treated with debridement and mucoperiosteal flap repositioning alone, or with the addition of autologous fibrinogen, Resolut® barrier membrane, or autologous fibrinogen and Resolut® barrier membrane. The defects were analyzed by digital subtraction radiography, histopathologic, and histomorphometric analysis of healing at 1, 3, and 6 months post-treatment to determine: percent increase in defect bone volume, height and area, and length of periodontal regeneration along the perimeter of the defect. Comparisons at post-treatment intervals indicated significantly (P < 0.05) greater healing of debridement and autologous fibrinogen treated defects at 3 months, however by 6 months there were no significant differences in defect healing for all histomorphometric parameters. Defects receiving Resolut® were associated with significantly less root ankylosis. Defects receiving debridement alone had significantly greater increases in bone volume, as calculated with digital subtraction radiography, at 6 months post-treatment compared with groups receiving Resolut®. There was a significant correlation between regenerated bone area, bone volume, and periodontal regeneration for all treatments at 3 and 6 months post-treatment. In this study autologous fibrinogen and Resolut® barrier membrane did not enhance the amount of periodontal healing compared with debridement only. However, Resolut® treated defects were essentially absent of root ankylosis. Therefore, canine periodontitis causing grade III furcation involvement may respond equally well to conservative periodontal surgery compared with guided tissue regenerative techniques. However, the prevention of root ankylosis may provide a substantial benefit favoring this latter methodology. / Master of Science

<p>Research using mice and rats has gained interest because they are robust test beds for clinical drug development and are used to elucidate disease etiologies. Blood vessel visualization and blood flow measurements are important anatomic and physiologic indicators to drug/disease stimuli or genetic modification. Cardio-pulmonary blood flow is an important indicator of heart and lung performance. Small animal functional imaging provides a way to measure physiologic changes minimally-invasively while the animal is alive, thereby allowing for multiple measurements in the same animal with little physiologic perturbation. Current methods of measuring cardio-pulmonary blood flow suffer from some or all of these limitations-they produce relative measurements, are limited to global or whole animal or organ regions, do not provide vasculature visualization, limited to a few or singular samples per animal, are not able to measure acute changes, or are very invasive or requires animal sacrifice. The focus of this work was the development of a small animal x-ray imaging system capable of minimally invasive real-time, high resolution vascular visualization, and cardio-pulmonary blood flow measurements in the live animal. The x-ray technique used was digital subtraction angiography (DSA). This technique is a particularly appealing approach because it is easy to use, can capture rapid physiological changes on a heart beat-to-beat basis, and provides anatomical and functional vasculature information. This DSA system is special because it was designed and implemented from the ground up to be optimized for small animal imaging and functional measurements. This system can perform: 1) minimally invasive in vivo blood flow measurements, 2) multiple measurements in the same animal in a rapid succession (every 30 seconds-a substantial improvement over singular measurements that require minutes to acquire by the Fick method), 3) very high resolution (up to 46 micron) vascular visualization, 4) quantitative blood flow measurements in absolute metrics (mL/min instead of arbitrary units or velocity) and relative blood volume dynamics from discrete ROIs, and 5) relative mean transit time dynamics on a pixel-by-pixel basis (100 µm x 100 µm). The end results are 1) anatomical vessel time course images showing the contrast agent flowing through the vasculature, 2) blood flow information of the live rat cardio-pulmonary system in absolute units and relative blood volume information at discrete ROIs of enhanced blood vessels, and 3) colormaps of relative transit time dynamics. This small animal optimized imaging system can be a useful tool in future studies to measure drug or disease modulated blood flow dynamics in the small animal.</p> / Dissertation

Este estudo avaliou clínica e radiograficamente dentes com lesões profundas de cárie submetidos ao selamento de dentina cariada por 10 anos. Trinta e dois dentes permanentes foram submetidos à remoção parcial de dentina cariada da parede pulpar da cavidade, remoção completa da dentina cariada das paredes laterais (critério de dureza clínica), forramento com cimento à base de hidróxido de cálcio, selamento provisório por 6-7 meses, reabertura da cavidade (finalidades metodológicas: avaliação clínica da dentina e coleta de uma amostra para análise microbiológica) e restauração. Os pacientes foram avaliados clínica e radiograficamente na consulta inicial, após 6-7 meses, 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos. Análises radiográficas qualitativas (deposição de dentina terciária e profundidade da lesão cariosa) e quantitativas (alterações na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida abaixo da restauração através da subtração radiográfica digital) foram realizadas comparando-se as radiografias bitewings de 6-7 meses, 3 e 10 anos com a radiografia inicial. Dos 32 dentes, um sofreu exposição pulpar durante a remoção do material provisório e foi excluído da amostra. Ao final de 10 anos, um paciente teve sua restauração substituída e quatro desistiram de participar da pesquisa. Dos 26 dentes restantes, 16 apresentaram sucesso da terapia (vitalidade pulpar) e 10 apresentaram insucesso da terapia (5 necroses e 5 fraturas). As taxas de sucesso após 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos foram 97%, 90%, 82% e 63% respectivamente. Dos 16 dentes vitais, 13 foram incluídos nas análises radiográficas. Na maioria dos casos, a profundidade da lesão cariosa reduziu ou permaneceu inalterada (12/13) e foi observada a deposição de dentina terciária (10/13). Não houve alteração na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida nos exames de 6-7 meses e 3 anos, porém observou-se seu aumento significativo na reavaliação de 10 anos. O selamento de dentina cariada mostrou-se uma terapia efetiva para o tratamento de lesões profundas de cárie, sendo capaz de paralisar o processo carioso, promover reações dentino-pulpares e induzir ganho mineral na dentina cariada. / This study assessed clinically and radiographically teeth with deep caries lesions submitted to the sealing of carious dentine over a 10-year period. Thirty-two permanent teeth were submitted to partial caries removal from the pulpal cavity wall, complete removal of carious dentine from the surrounding walls (clinical hardness criteria), capping with a calcium hydroxide cement, temporary sealing for 6-7 months, cavity reopening (methodological purposes: clinical assessment of dentine and collection of a sample for microbiological analysis) and filling. Patients were clinically and radiographically assessed at the initial session and after 1.5; 3; 5 and 10 years. Radiographic assessments were performed comparing bitewing radiographs taken after 6-7 months, 3 and 10 years to the baseline one, both qualitatively (tertiary dentine deposition and lesion depth) and quantitatively (radiographic density changes in the radiolucent zone beneath the restoration using digital subtraction radiography). One tooth had its pulp exposed during temporary sealing removal and was excluded from the sample. Over 10 years, one tooth had its restoration replaced and four quitted the trial. Of the remaining 26 teeth, 16 had therapy success (tooth vitality) and 10 had therapy failure (5 necroses and 5 fractures). Therapy success rates were 97%, 90%, 82% and 63% at 1.5-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year follow-ups, respectively. Of the 16 vital teeth, 13 were included in the radiographic analysis. In most cases, lesion depth remained unchanged or decreased (12/13) and tertiary dentine formation was observed (10/13) at the 10-year follow-up. There were no radiographic density changes at 6-7 months and 3-year follow-ups; however, it was observed its increase at the 10-year assessment. Partial carious dentine removal is an effective therapy for deep caries lesions on a long-term basis, being able to arrest carious process, promote pulp-dentin reactions and induce mineral gain in the carious dentine.

Este estudo avaliou clínica e radiograficamente dentes com lesões profundas de cárie submetidos ao selamento de dentina cariada por 10 anos. Trinta e dois dentes permanentes foram submetidos à remoção parcial de dentina cariada da parede pulpar da cavidade, remoção completa da dentina cariada das paredes laterais (critério de dureza clínica), forramento com cimento à base de hidróxido de cálcio, selamento provisório por 6-7 meses, reabertura da cavidade (finalidades metodológicas: avaliação clínica da dentina e coleta de uma amostra para análise microbiológica) e restauração. Os pacientes foram avaliados clínica e radiograficamente na consulta inicial, após 6-7 meses, 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos. Análises radiográficas qualitativas (deposição de dentina terciária e profundidade da lesão cariosa) e quantitativas (alterações na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida abaixo da restauração através da subtração radiográfica digital) foram realizadas comparando-se as radiografias bitewings de 6-7 meses, 3 e 10 anos com a radiografia inicial. Dos 32 dentes, um sofreu exposição pulpar durante a remoção do material provisório e foi excluído da amostra. Ao final de 10 anos, um paciente teve sua restauração substituída e quatro desistiram de participar da pesquisa. Dos 26 dentes restantes, 16 apresentaram sucesso da terapia (vitalidade pulpar) e 10 apresentaram insucesso da terapia (5 necroses e 5 fraturas). As taxas de sucesso após 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos foram 97%, 90%, 82% e 63% respectivamente. Dos 16 dentes vitais, 13 foram incluídos nas análises radiográficas. Na maioria dos casos, a profundidade da lesão cariosa reduziu ou permaneceu inalterada (12/13) e foi observada a deposição de dentina terciária (10/13). Não houve alteração na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida nos exames de 6-7 meses e 3 anos, porém observou-se seu aumento significativo na reavaliação de 10 anos. O selamento de dentina cariada mostrou-se uma terapia efetiva para o tratamento de lesões profundas de cárie, sendo capaz de paralisar o processo carioso, promover reações dentino-pulpares e induzir ganho mineral na dentina cariada. / This study assessed clinically and radiographically teeth with deep caries lesions submitted to the sealing of carious dentine over a 10-year period. Thirty-two permanent teeth were submitted to partial caries removal from the pulpal cavity wall, complete removal of carious dentine from the surrounding walls (clinical hardness criteria), capping with a calcium hydroxide cement, temporary sealing for 6-7 months, cavity reopening (methodological purposes: clinical assessment of dentine and collection of a sample for microbiological analysis) and filling. Patients were clinically and radiographically assessed at the initial session and after 1.5; 3; 5 and 10 years. Radiographic assessments were performed comparing bitewing radiographs taken after 6-7 months, 3 and 10 years to the baseline one, both qualitatively (tertiary dentine deposition and lesion depth) and quantitatively (radiographic density changes in the radiolucent zone beneath the restoration using digital subtraction radiography). One tooth had its pulp exposed during temporary sealing removal and was excluded from the sample. Over 10 years, one tooth had its restoration replaced and four quitted the trial. Of the remaining 26 teeth, 16 had therapy success (tooth vitality) and 10 had therapy failure (5 necroses and 5 fractures). Therapy success rates were 97%, 90%, 82% and 63% at 1.5-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year follow-ups, respectively. Of the 16 vital teeth, 13 were included in the radiographic analysis. In most cases, lesion depth remained unchanged or decreased (12/13) and tertiary dentine formation was observed (10/13) at the 10-year follow-up. There were no radiographic density changes at 6-7 months and 3-year follow-ups; however, it was observed its increase at the 10-year assessment. Partial carious dentine removal is an effective therapy for deep caries lesions on a long-term basis, being able to arrest carious process, promote pulp-dentin reactions and induce mineral gain in the carious dentine.

Este estudo avaliou clínica e radiograficamente dentes com lesões profundas de cárie submetidos ao selamento de dentina cariada por 10 anos. Trinta e dois dentes permanentes foram submetidos à remoção parcial de dentina cariada da parede pulpar da cavidade, remoção completa da dentina cariada das paredes laterais (critério de dureza clínica), forramento com cimento à base de hidróxido de cálcio, selamento provisório por 6-7 meses, reabertura da cavidade (finalidades metodológicas: avaliação clínica da dentina e coleta de uma amostra para análise microbiológica) e restauração. Os pacientes foram avaliados clínica e radiograficamente na consulta inicial, após 6-7 meses, 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos. Análises radiográficas qualitativas (deposição de dentina terciária e profundidade da lesão cariosa) e quantitativas (alterações na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida abaixo da restauração através da subtração radiográfica digital) foram realizadas comparando-se as radiografias bitewings de 6-7 meses, 3 e 10 anos com a radiografia inicial. Dos 32 dentes, um sofreu exposição pulpar durante a remoção do material provisório e foi excluído da amostra. Ao final de 10 anos, um paciente teve sua restauração substituída e quatro desistiram de participar da pesquisa. Dos 26 dentes restantes, 16 apresentaram sucesso da terapia (vitalidade pulpar) e 10 apresentaram insucesso da terapia (5 necroses e 5 fraturas). As taxas de sucesso após 1 ano e meio, 3, 5 e 10 anos foram 97%, 90%, 82% e 63% respectivamente. Dos 16 dentes vitais, 13 foram incluídos nas análises radiográficas. Na maioria dos casos, a profundidade da lesão cariosa reduziu ou permaneceu inalterada (12/13) e foi observada a deposição de dentina terciária (10/13). Não houve alteração na densidade radiográfica da zona radiolúcida nos exames de 6-7 meses e 3 anos, porém observou-se seu aumento significativo na reavaliação de 10 anos. O selamento de dentina cariada mostrou-se uma terapia efetiva para o tratamento de lesões profundas de cárie, sendo capaz de paralisar o processo carioso, promover reações dentino-pulpares e induzir ganho mineral na dentina cariada. / This study assessed clinically and radiographically teeth with deep caries lesions submitted to the sealing of carious dentine over a 10-year period. Thirty-two permanent teeth were submitted to partial caries removal from the pulpal cavity wall, complete removal of carious dentine from the surrounding walls (clinical hardness criteria), capping with a calcium hydroxide cement, temporary sealing for 6-7 months, cavity reopening (methodological purposes: clinical assessment of dentine and collection of a sample for microbiological analysis) and filling. Patients were clinically and radiographically assessed at the initial session and after 1.5; 3; 5 and 10 years. Radiographic assessments were performed comparing bitewing radiographs taken after 6-7 months, 3 and 10 years to the baseline one, both qualitatively (tertiary dentine deposition and lesion depth) and quantitatively (radiographic density changes in the radiolucent zone beneath the restoration using digital subtraction radiography). One tooth had its pulp exposed during temporary sealing removal and was excluded from the sample. Over 10 years, one tooth had its restoration replaced and four quitted the trial. Of the remaining 26 teeth, 16 had therapy success (tooth vitality) and 10 had therapy failure (5 necroses and 5 fractures). Therapy success rates were 97%, 90%, 82% and 63% at 1.5-year, 3-year, 5-year and 10-year follow-ups, respectively. Of the 16 vital teeth, 13 were included in the radiographic analysis. In most cases, lesion depth remained unchanged or decreased (12/13) and tertiary dentine formation was observed (10/13) at the 10-year follow-up. There were no radiographic density changes at 6-7 months and 3-year follow-ups; however, it was observed its increase at the 10-year assessment. Partial carious dentine removal is an effective therapy for deep caries lesions on a long-term basis, being able to arrest carious process, promote pulp-dentin reactions and induce mineral gain in the carious dentine.