Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T15:21:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao - Luciano Sandoval Carneiro.pdf: 579690 bytes, checksum: 7c2af9622df94b48e0c190f4b97fbcff (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-27 / Objectives: To compare by digital subtraction radiography (SR), matched to clinical evaluation, bone response to single-tooth treated (TS) and non-treated (NTS) surface implants on immediate (IM) and conventional (CO) loading protocols. Material and methods: 12 patients (8 underwent IM protocol and 4 underwent CO protocol) received 24 implants. Each subject received 2 implants (one with TS and the other NTS) homologously and bilaterally positioned in maxillae (lateral incisor, canine or premolar regions) or mandible (molar area). Standardized radiographies of each implant were taken on the day after implant placement (baseline image) and after 3, 6 and 12 months (follow-up images). SR was used for crestal bone loss (CBL) and peri-implant bone density (PIBD) measurements. The placement torque and resonance frequency (at 0, 6 and 12 months) were also measured for matching radiographic data. Results: T-test revealed no statistically significant difference in CBL between TS and NTS implants, while TS implants presented higher PIBD in the mid-implant region at 3-months recall (p = 0.04). For IM protocol, the Mann-Whitney test revealed higher CBL at 6-months follow-up (p = 0.03), greater PIBD at 12-months recall (p = 0.06; p = 0.07) and increasing PIBD through time. There was a positive correlation between primary stability and PIBD at 12-months recall (r = 0.58; p = 0.005). Conclusions: TS and NTS implants presented similar performances with regard to CBL and PIBD. IM and CO protocols were similarly successful. Primary stability was an important element in reaching greater PIBD after 1-year loading period / Objetivos: O objetivo desse estudo foi comparar através da subtração radiográfica digital (SRD), associada à avaliação clínica, a resposta óssea a implante unitário de superfície tratada (ST) e a implante de superfície não tratada (SNT) utilizando protocolos de carga imediata (CI) e convencional (CON). Material e métodos: 12 pacientes (8 pelo protocolo de CI e 4 pelo protocolo de CON) receberam um total de 24 implantes. Cada indivíduo recebeu dois implantes, um de ST e outro de SNT, em posições homólogas bilaterais na maxila (regiões de incisivos laterais, caninos ou pré-molares) ou na mandíbula (área de molares). Imagens radiográficas padronizadas de cada implante foram obtidas no dia seguinte após procedimento cirúrgico de instalação (imagem de referência) e em 3, 6 e 12 meses seguintes (imagens de controle). As imagens foram submetidas à SRD para avaliação da perda de crista óssea alveolar (PCO) e obtenção da densidade óssea peri-implantar (DOPI). Além das radiografias padronizadas, o torque de inserção e a freqüência de ressonância dos implantes (em 0, 6 e 12 meses) foram medidos com finalidade de correlacioná-los à avaliação radiográfica. Resultados: O teste T revelou ausência de diferença estatisticamente significativa entre implantes de ST e SNT em relação a PCO, enquanto o grupo de ST apresentou maior DOPI apenas na região de terço médio no controle de 3 meses (p = 0,04). Para o grupo submetido ao protocolo de CI, o teste de Mann-Whitney demonstrou maior PCO no controle de 6 meses (p = 0,03), maior DOPI no controle de 12 meses (p = 0,06; p = 0,07) e DOPI crescente ao longo do tempo. Houve uma correlação positiva entre a estabilidade primária e a DOPI no controle de 12 meses (r = 0,58; p = 0,005). Conclusões: Os implantes de ST e SNT apresentaram comportamentos semelhantes quanto a PCO e DOPI. O protocolo de CI exibiu sucesso comparável ao do protocolo de CON. A estabilidade primária dos implantes foi um fator importante para atingir maior DOPI após 1 ano sob a ação de carga

Desde a introdução dos implantes na Odontologia, controvérsias tem havido acerca da propriedade de conectar os implantes a dentes em próteses fixas. Os implantes osseointegrados não apresentam nenhum ligamento periodontal e são mais firmemente ancorados ao osso. A diferença apresentada nesta ancoragem tem levantado preocupações acerca de o implante osseointegrado, por sua firme fixação ao osso, apresentar pouca flexibilidade para dividir as cargas funcionais com os dentes conectados. O presente estudo teve como propósito acompanhar prospectivamente os parâmetros periodontais ? índice gengival, índice de sangramento, profundidade de sondagem e perda de inserção entre o dente pilar de uma prótese dento-implanto-suportada com o dente colateral do mesmo paciente, e também os parâmetros peri-implantares dos implantes que suportam estas próteses - índice gengival; índice de sangramento; profundidade de sondagem e perda de inserção. Para verificar a perda de inserção foi utilizado o recurso da subtração radiográfica da região em que a prótese foi instalada, com tomadas radiográficas efetuadas no momento da instalação da prótese, decorridos seis meses e após 12 meses de uso, com o objetivo de verificar a ocorrência, ou não, de alteração do suporte ósseo peri-implantar. Foram selecionados 12 pacientes com estado de saúde normal, apresentando área posterior de mandíbula edêntula onde estava indicada a reabilitação protética por meio de prótese fixa unindo dente a implante. Estes foram tratados com implante de um estágio de 10 mm padrão da Straumann (ITI), que apresenta um pescoço polido de 2.8mm, onde a porção do implante que permanece intra-óssea apresenta uma superfície tratada, com diâmetro de 4.1mm. O implante foi instalado no espaço onde se localizaria o retentor mais distal da futura prótese parcial fixa, seguindo o protocolo. As radiografias digitais obtidas foram avaliadas num software de subtração radiográfica, Matrox Inspector versão oito, para verificar a alteração da variação de densidade óptica e contraste das radiografias quando superpostas, sendo os valores observados no implante comparados com os critérios de sucessos , amplamente abordados nos estudos verificados. Todos os implantes instalados nos pacientes osseointegraram, não houve registro de alteração óssea ao redor dos mesmos e nos dentes pilares das próteses em avaliações feitas após seis meses e 12 meses. As próteses continuaram clinicamente em excelente estado após 12 meses de avaliação nas análises clínicas e radiográficas. Ainda, de acordo com o teste de Sinais de Postos de ilcoxon, concluiu-se estatisticamente que não houve diferença nos parâmetros peri-implantares de cada paciente durante os períodos analisados (zero, seis meses e 12 meses), bem como quando comparados com os respectivos dentes colaterais. / Since the introduction of implants in Dentistry, controversies have arisen about the possibility of connecting implants to teeth in fixed prostheses. Osseointegrated implants do no present any periodontal ligature and are more firmly anchored to the bone. The difference presented by this type of anchorage has led to some concern about the limited flexibility of the osseointegrated implant to share the functional loads with the connected teeth. This study intended to follow-up prospectively the periodontal parameters bleeding index, probing depth between the pillar tooth of an implant supported prosthesis with one control tooth of the same patient and also the implants that support theses prostheses. That is why subtraction radiography of the region in which the prosthesis was placed was used, with radiographs taken at prosthesis placement, after six months and one year of use to verify if the periimplant osseous support had or had not undergone changes. Twelve patients with normal health conditions were selected who presented a posterior area edentulous jaw where a prosthetic rehabilitation by a fixed prosthesis joining tooth to implant was indicated. Patients were treated with an implant of one stage of 10mm standard Straumann (ITI) with a 2.8 mm polished neck, in which the remaining intraosseous portion of the implant has a treated surface of 4.1 mm diameter. The implant was placed in the space where according to the protocol, the more distal retainer of the future fixed partial prosthesis would be located. Digital radiographs were assessed with a subtraction radiography software Matrox Inspector version eight, to corroborate the change of contrast in the radiographs when superimposed, with values observed in the implant compared with the success criteria , widely mentioned in surveyed studies. All implants placed in patients became osseointegrated. There was no record of bone change around them and in the dental pillars of the prostheses at the one year follow-up. Prostheses continue to be in excellent conditions after the one year follow-up based upon clinical and radiographic analyses. Furthermore, in accordance with the Wilcoxon test of matched pairs and signed rank, it was concluded that there was no statistical difference between each group of each patient during the time period analyzed (baseline and one year) as well as when the pillars were compared to their respective controls.

Das Ziel: der Arbeit war die Überprüfung der Aussagekraft der MRA in time-of-flight-technique der Arteria caroits bei 1,0 Tesla im Vergleich zur intaarteriellen DSA und der Wertigkeit in der Einsatzfähigkeit in der klinischen Routine bei der Diagnostik von Carotisstenosen. 101 Patienten wurden zur Abklärung einer Stenose der Arteria carotis vergleichend mittels TOF-MRA und i.a. DSA der Arteriae carotis untersucht. Morphologische Veränderungen wurden für sämliche Gefässe erfasst, wobei die Stenosen der Arteriae carotis entsprechend den NASCET-Kriterien graduiert wurden (geringgrade, mittelgradige,hochgradige Stenose oder Verschluss).Die Ergebnisse wurden mit folgenden drei verschiedenen statistischen Tests ausgewertet: Kappa Test, gewichteter Kappa Test und Intraklassenkorrelationskoeffizient. Von den 84 in die Auswertung eingebezogenen Gefässen wurden 66 Stenosen in der DSA als geringgradig klassifiziert. In dieser Kategorie wurden 60 dieser Stenosen von der MRA korrekt als geringgradig klassifiziert. In der DSA wurden 60 Stenosen der Arteria carotis als mittelgradig klassifiziert. 29 dieser Stenosen wurden von der MRA korrekt als mittelgradig eingeschätzt. 21 Stenosen wurden von der DSA als hochgradig klassifiziert. 20 dieser Stenosen wurden von der MRA korrekt als hochgradige Stenosen eingeschätzt. Die 16 kompletten Gefäsverschlüsse wurden alle von der MRA detektiert. Der Kappa Test ergab eine starke Korrelation der Ergebnisse. Insgesamt zeigte sich eine gute Überstimmung zwischen MRA und DSA. Aber gerade im Bereich der mittelgradigen Stenosen neigte die MRA dazu den Stenosegrad zu überschätzen. Das Ziel der Gefässdiagnostik ist eine präzise und reproduzierbare Bestimmung des Stenosegrades. Die Magnetresonanzangiographie kann als eine akkurate und zuverlässige Methode zur Bestimmung von Carotisstenosen angesehen werden / The purpose was to evaluate the efficiacy of the time-of-flight MRA of the carotid artery with a 1.0 Tesla system in comparison to intraarterial digital subtraction angiography for the assessment of carotid artery disease. 101 patients with suspected stenosis of the carotid artery were examined with a 1.0 Tesla scanner in time-of-flight-technique and with the selective i.a. DSA in parallel. Morphological pathologies were registered for all arteries, stenosis of the internal carotid artery of both examinations were blindly graded by applying the NASCET criteria (mild, moderately, severely or occluded). Three different assessment methods were conducted for the MRA data. Kappa, weighted kappa, intraclass correlation were calculated for MRA results compared to DSA. Of the 84 common carotid bifurcation, 66 were classified as mild stenosis by DSA. In this category, MRA correctly identified 60 of these as mild stenosis. Among 60 common carotid artery bifurcation graded as moderate by DSA, 29 were correctly graded as moderate by MRA. Among 21 common carotid artery bifurcation graded as severe by DSA, 20 of these were correctly graded by the MRA. There were 16 complete occlusions which were all correctly graded by MRA. A good kappa value was calculated for the data. In general the MRA were considered to find a good agreement with the DSA, but tended to overestimate stenosis, especially in the range of moderate stenosis. The aim of diagnosis is exact grading of carotid stenosis. MRA with its high agreement with DSA can be regarded as an accurate screening method of the common carotid bifurcation.

Die Thrombozytenaktivierung ist von zentraler Bedeutung für die Pathogenese der Arteriosklerose und wird bei Patienten mit instabiler Angina pectoris, Myokardinfarkt und TIA sowie nach koronarangioplastischen und operativen Eingriffen als Verursacher okklusiver vaskulärer Ereignisse in Betracht gezogen. Wir gingen der Frage nach, ob ein Zusammenhang zwischen peripherer arterieller Verschlußkrankheit (PAVK) und der Aktivierung zirkulierender Thrombozyten besteht und ob die intraarterielle digitale Subtraktionsangiographie (DSA) sowie die perkutane transluminale Angioplastie (PTA) im Bereich der unteren Extremitäten die Aktivierung zirkulierender Plättchen beeinflussen. Unsere Studie schloß 16 Kontrollprobanden mit PAVK, 25 gesunde Kontrollprobanden und 36 Patienten ein, von denen 14 einer DSA, 12 einer PTA und 10 beiden Eingriffen unterzogen wurden. Wir entnahmen Blutproben aus einer peripheren Vene oder aus Einführungsbestecken in der Arteria und Vena femoralis vor, direkt nach und 4 h nach den Interventionen. Die Plättchenaktivierung wurde anhand durchflußzytometrischer Messungen der Expression aktivierungsspezifischer Antigene (CD62 und CD63) bestimmt, die Sensibilität der Thrombozyten analysierten wir mittels einer zusätzlichen in-vitro-Aktivierung. Wir beobachteten 4 h nach der DSA einen Abfall der Aktivierung und eine erhöhte Sensibilität von Plättchen im arteriellen und venösen Strombereich (p < 0,02). Wir sehen diese Wirkungen als Kontrastmittel(KM)-induziert an und führen die Abnahme der Relativzahl aktivierter Thrombozyten hauptsächlich auf ihre verkürzte Lebensdauer zurück. 4 h nach der PTA kam es arteriell und venös zu einem Abfall der Relativzahl aktivierter Thrombozyten (p < 0,02). Weiterhin beobachteten wir unmittelbar nach der PTA eine Verringerung des prozentualen Anteils aktivierter Plättchen in der arteriellen Zirkulation (p = 0,021) in Korrelation mit zunehmenden Dilatationszeiten und Ballonlängen (p < 0,03). Diese Beobachtungen führen wir auf eine geringe Anlagerung bzw. reduzierte Lebensdauer aktivierter Thrombozyten zurück. Von geringer quantitativer Bedeutung waren Einflüsse des Heparins und KM. Die Wirkung der DSA und PTA auf die Thrombozytenfunktionen schien sich in den 4 postinterventionellen Stunden abzuschwächen. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, daß die Angioplastie in peripheren Gefäßen eine Aktivierung und vermutlich geringe Anlagerung bzw. verkürzte Lebensdauer zirkulierender Plättchen unmittelbar nach der PTA und 4 Stunden später verursacht. Diese Prozesse führen wir in erster Linie auf Endothelläsionen als Folge der Dilatation zurück. Die DSA führt 4 h nach dem Eingriff zu einer Aktivierung, Sensibilisierung und in wahrscheinlich sehr geringem Umfang zu einer Anlagerung bzw. verringerten Lebensdauer der Plättchen. PAVK-Patienten im Stadium II nach Fontaine mit kardiovaskulären Risikofaktoren wiesen im Vergleich zu gesunden Probanden eine höhere Relativzahl aktivierter und sensibilisierter Plättchen auf (p = 0,0001). Deshalb vermuten wir, daß präinterventionell aktivierte Plättchen besonders in die Prozesse Aktivierung, Sensibilisierung und Anlagerung involviert bzw. von einer verkürzten Lebensdauer betroffen sind. / Platelet activation plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of artherosclerosis. Circulating activated platelets are thought to trigger thrombotic events in patients with instable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and transient ischaemic attacks as well as after coronary angioplasty and surgery. We studied the effect of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) on activation of circulating thrombocytes and evaluated the influence on platelet activation of intraarterial digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in the area of the lower extremities. Our study included sixteen control subjects with PAD, twenty-five healthy control subjects and thirty-six patients, fourteen of whom were undergoing DSA, twelve were undergoing PTA and ten we examined during both interventions. Blood samples were obtained from a peripheral vein or from the arterial and venous catheter introducer before and directly and four ours after the procedures. To characterize platelet activation, the expression of activation-dependent platelet antigens (CD62 and CD63) was measured using flow cytometry. Platelet sensibility was analysed by an additional in-vitro-activation. Four hours after DSA, we observed a decrease in activation and an increase in sensibility of thrombocytes in both arterial and venous circulation (p < 0.02), most likely due the contrast medium (CM). We assume, that the relative decrease of platelet activation is caused by a reduced life-time. The relative number of activated thrombocytes decreased in both arterial and venous circulation (p < 0.02) four hours after PTA. Furthermore, we observed reduced amounts of activated platelets in the arterial circulation (p = 0.021) immediately after PTA, in correlation with increased times of dilatation and larger ballon-catheters (p < 0.03). This could be explained by slight migration or shortened life-time of activated thrombocytes. The amount of CM and heparin did not have a pronounced effect. The influence of both interventions on the platelet features and functions seemed to attenuate in the four postinterventional hours. Our results show that angioplasty in peripheral vessels causes activation and presumably slight migration or reduced life-time of circulating thrombocytes immediately and four hours after PTA. We postulate that this is mainly induced by dilatation. DSA was also found to be associated with platelet activation, sensibilisation and presumptive minor migration or shortened life-time of circulating platelets. More activated and sensitized thrombocytes circulated in patients with PAD (clinical stage II according to Fontaine) with cardiovascular risk-factors compared to healthy control subjects (p = 0.001). This supports our assumption that preactivated platelets are particularly involved in activation, sensitizing and migration processes or affected by a reduced life-time.

A radiografia é uma das ferramentas primárias de auxílio ao diagnóstico e monitoração do tratamento das doenças periodontais. Porém, a análise subjetiva dessas radiografias feita pelo dentista só consegue identificar lesões quando o quadro clínico apresenta perda acima de 30% do conteúdo mineral do osso, levando um sério desafio ao exercício da odontologia. Em muitas situações clínicas, o dentista também precisa ser capaz de quantificar o tamanho de uma lesão para determinar a taxa de progressão ou cura da doença. A técnica de subtração digital de radiografias provê a detecção de mudanças ósseas sutis, de cerca de 5%, levando ao diagnóstico precoce da doença e aumentando assim o sucesso de seu tratamento. Desta forma, o esquema de auxílio ao diagnóstico de reabsorção óssea periodontal através de subtração digital de radiografias odontológicas proposto no presente trabalho emprega a técnica de subtração digital de radiografias, onde duas radiografias odontológicas, tiradas em intervalos de tempos planejados, são subtraídas para obter uma nova imagem onde serão visíveis somente estruturas que mudaram de uma imagem em relação à outra. Será gerada uma imagem que auxiliará o dentista a efetuar um diagnóstico precoce e instituir o melhor plano de tratamento, e assim acompanhar a resposta do tratamento a partir de novas imagens subtraídas. Na fase anterior à subtração, é necessário o alinhamento, para garantir que estruturas idênticas em ambas imagens estejam no mesmo local, e evitando que o resultado da subtração seja errôneo. O alinhamento consiste na marcação de 4 pontos em regiões de alto contraste em ambas as imagens para que a imagem subseqüente seja alinhada em translação e em rotação em relação à primeira. Posteriormente, uma técnica de correção de contraste é utilizada para corrigir eventuais diferenças de contraste. A subtração fornecerá três formas de visualização, na imagem subtraída, da área onde ocorreu uma reabsorção ou ganho ósseo. Uma delas é a subtração qualitativa, cujas áreas onde as imagens se mantiveram idênticas são mostradas em preto, e áreas onde ocorreram mudanças, em branco. A segunda é a subtração quantitativa, que gera a imagem subtraída em níveis de cinza, mostrando em tons de cinza uniformes áreas onde as imagens se mantiveram idênticas; em tons de cinza escuros, onde ocorreu reabsorção óssea; e em tons de cinza claros, onde ocorreu ganho ósseo. Além destas duas subtrações, há uma terceira subtração, a subtração quantitativa porcentagem-colorida, que mostrará a porcentagem de reabsorção ou ganho ósseo através de áreas coloridas na imagem. O intervalo de porcentagens poderá ser escolhido pelo dentista e a este intervalo poderá ser atribuída uma cor para visualização. Intervalos de porcentagens negativas indicam reabsorção óssea e intervalos de porcentagens positivas, ganho ósseo. Os testes realizados encontraram um erro médio de 7,5% no resultado da subtração, sendo que deste total, 3,5% é o erro introduzido pelo digitalizador. É importante ressaltar que esta taxa representa o erro não somente do algoritmo desenvolvido, mas também a propagação do erro em todas as etapas do processo, ou seja, aquisição, digitalização, alinhamento e subtração. Portanto, o erro da subtração deduzido do erro do digitalizador é de somente 4,0%. / Radiography is one of the primary features to help diagnose and monitor the treatment of periodontal diseases. However, the subjective analysis of these radiographs by the dentist only can identify lesions above 30% of mineral bone loss, leading to a serious challenge for the practice of odontology. In many clinical situations, the dentist needs to quantify the size of a lesion to determine the rate of progression or healing the disease. The digital subtraction radiography technique provides the detection of subtle bone changes, i.e., changes of around 5%, leading to an early diagnosis and enlarging the success of its treatment. The aided diagnosis scheme for periodontal bone resorption through odontological digital subtraction radiography proposed in this work employees the digital subtraction radiography technique, where two odontologic radiographs taken at intervals of planned times are subtracted to obtain a new image where only structures that have been changed from one image to the other will be visible. It will generate an image to help the dentist make an early diagnosis and establish the best treatment plan, besides accompanying the treatment’s response starting from new subtracted images. In the stage previous to the subtraction, the lining up is necessary to assure that identical structures on both images are in the same place, avoiding an erroneous result of the subtraction. It consists in marking 4 points in places with high contrast on both images for the subsequent image to be first lined up in translation and then in rotation in relation to the first one. Then, a contrast correction technique is used to correct possible contrast differences. The subtraction will provide three ways of visualization in the subtracted image of the area where a bone resorption or gain occurred. One of them is the qualitative subtraction, where areas kept identical are showed in black and areas where changes occurred are showed white. The second is the quantitative subtraction, which generates a subtracted image in gray levels, showing in uniform gray levels the areas where the images remained identical, in dark gray levels the areas where there was bone resorption and in light gray levels the area with bone gain. The third subtraction is called colored-percentage quantitative subtraction, which shows the percentage of bone resorption or gain through colored areas on the radiograph. The intervals of percentage can be chosen by the dentist and he/she can attribute a color for visualization to this interval. Negative percentage intervals indicate bone resorption and positive percentage intervals correspond to bone gain. The tests performed found a mean error of 7.5% in the result of the subtraction, of which 3.5% correspond to the error introduced by the digitalizer. It is important to stress that this rate represents the error not only for the algorithm developed, but the spreading of the error to all process stages, such as acquisition, digitalization, lining up and subtraction. Therefore, the subtraction error deduced from the digitalizer error is only 4,0%.

A radiografia é uma das ferramentas primárias de auxílio ao diagnóstico e monitoração do tratamento das doenças periodontais. Porém, a análise subjetiva dessas radiografias feita pelo dentista só consegue identificar lesões quando o quadro clínico apresenta perda acima de 30% do conteúdo mineral do osso, levando um sério desafio ao exercício da odontologia. Em muitas situações clínicas, o dentista também precisa ser capaz de quantificar o tamanho de uma lesão para determinar a taxa de progressão ou cura da doença. A técnica de subtração digital de radiografias provê a detecção de mudanças ósseas sutis, de cerca de 5%, levando ao diagnóstico precoce da doença e aumentando assim o sucesso de seu tratamento. Desta forma, o esquema de auxílio ao diagnóstico de reabsorção óssea periodontal através de subtração digital de radiografias odontológicas proposto no presente trabalho emprega a técnica de subtração digital de radiografias, onde duas radiografias odontológicas, tiradas em intervalos de tempos planejados, são subtraídas para obter uma nova imagem onde serão visíveis somente estruturas que mudaram de uma imagem em relação à outra. Será gerada uma imagem que auxiliará o dentista a efetuar um diagnóstico precoce e instituir o melhor plano de tratamento, e assim acompanhar a resposta do tratamento a partir de novas imagens subtraídas. Na fase anterior à subtração, é necessário o alinhamento, para garantir que estruturas idênticas em ambas imagens estejam no mesmo local, e evitando que o resultado da subtração seja errôneo. O alinhamento consiste na marcação de 4 pontos em regiões de alto contraste em ambas as imagens para que a imagem subseqüente seja alinhada em translação e em rotação em relação à primeira. Posteriormente, uma técnica de correção de contraste é utilizada para corrigir eventuais diferenças de contraste. A subtração fornecerá três formas de visualização, na imagem subtraída, da área onde ocorreu uma reabsorção ou ganho ósseo. Uma delas é a subtração qualitativa, cujas áreas onde as imagens se mantiveram idênticas são mostradas em preto, e áreas onde ocorreram mudanças, em branco. A segunda é a subtração quantitativa, que gera a imagem subtraída em níveis de cinza, mostrando em tons de cinza uniformes áreas onde as imagens se mantiveram idênticas; em tons de cinza escuros, onde ocorreu reabsorção óssea; e em tons de cinza claros, onde ocorreu ganho ósseo. Além destas duas subtrações, há uma terceira subtração, a subtração quantitativa porcentagem-colorida, que mostrará a porcentagem de reabsorção ou ganho ósseo através de áreas coloridas na imagem. O intervalo de porcentagens poderá ser escolhido pelo dentista e a este intervalo poderá ser atribuída uma cor para visualização. Intervalos de porcentagens negativas indicam reabsorção óssea e intervalos de porcentagens positivas, ganho ósseo. Os testes realizados encontraram um erro médio de 7,5% no resultado da subtração, sendo que deste total, 3,5% é o erro introduzido pelo digitalizador. É importante ressaltar que esta taxa representa o erro não somente do algoritmo desenvolvido, mas também a propagação do erro em todas as etapas do processo, ou seja, aquisição, digitalização, alinhamento e subtração. Portanto, o erro da subtração deduzido do erro do digitalizador é de somente 4,0%. / Radiography is one of the primary features to help diagnose and monitor the treatment of periodontal diseases. However, the subjective analysis of these radiographs by the dentist only can identify lesions above 30% of mineral bone loss, leading to a serious challenge for the practice of odontology. In many clinical situations, the dentist needs to quantify the size of a lesion to determine the rate of progression or healing the disease. The digital subtraction radiography technique provides the detection of subtle bone changes, i.e., changes of around 5%, leading to an early diagnosis and enlarging the success of its treatment. The aided diagnosis scheme for periodontal bone resorption through odontological digital subtraction radiography proposed in this work employees the digital subtraction radiography technique, where two odontologic radiographs taken at intervals of planned times are subtracted to obtain a new image where only structures that have been changed from one image to the other will be visible. It will generate an image to help the dentist make an early diagnosis and establish the best treatment plan, besides accompanying the treatment’s response starting from new subtracted images. In the stage previous to the subtraction, the lining up is necessary to assure that identical structures on both images are in the same place, avoiding an erroneous result of the subtraction. It consists in marking 4 points in places with high contrast on both images for the subsequent image to be first lined up in translation and then in rotation in relation to the first one. Then, a contrast correction technique is used to correct possible contrast differences. The subtraction will provide three ways of visualization in the subtracted image of the area where a bone resorption or gain occurred. One of them is the qualitative subtraction, where areas kept identical are showed in black and areas where changes occurred are showed white. The second is the quantitative subtraction, which generates a subtracted image in gray levels, showing in uniform gray levels the areas where the images remained identical, in dark gray levels the areas where there was bone resorption and in light gray levels the area with bone gain. The third subtraction is called colored-percentage quantitative subtraction, which shows the percentage of bone resorption or gain through colored areas on the radiograph. The intervals of percentage can be chosen by the dentist and he/she can attribute a color for visualization to this interval. Negative percentage intervals indicate bone resorption and positive percentage intervals correspond to bone gain. The tests performed found a mean error of 7.5% in the result of the subtraction, of which 3.5% correspond to the error introduced by the digitalizer. It is important to stress that this rate represents the error not only for the algorithm developed, but the spreading of the error to all process stages, such as acquisition, digitalization, lining up and subtraction. Therefore, the subtraction error deduced from the digitalizer error is only 4,0%.

Η CT αγγειογραφία εγκεφάλου (CTA) είναι μέθοδος καθιερωμένη για την διερεύνηση και την θεραπεία των ενδοκρανιακών ανευρυσμάτων. Σκοπός της μελέτης μας ήταν η σύγκριση των ευρημάτων της ψηφιακής αγγειογραφίας (DSA) με αυτά της CTA και με τα χειρουργικά ευρήματα σε ασθενείς με οξεία υπαραχνοειδή αιμορραγία, καθώς επίσης και η αξιολόγηση της κλινικής χρησιμότητας της μεθόδου. Κατά την διάρκεια τριών ετών, 82 ασθενείς προσήλθαν με κλινική εικόνα και σημειολογία συμβατή με υπαραχνοειδή αιμορραγία. Η CTA έγινε αμέσως μετά την απλή CT, ενώ η DSA εντός των πρώτων 48 ωρών από την εισαγωγή. Όλα τα ανευρύσματα που ευρέθησαν με τις δύο μεθόδους υπεβλήθησαν σε χειρουργική αποκατάσταση ή ενδαγγειακό εμβολισμό. Σε όσους ασθενείς βρέθηκε αρνητικό αποτέλεσμα και με τις δύο μεθόδους, έγινε επαναληπτική DSA 15 ημέρες μετά το επεισόδιο με σκοπό την επιβεβαίωση της απουσίας ανευρύσματος. Οι CTA εξετάσεις καθώς και οι κλασσικές αγγειογραφίες μελετήθηκαν από μια ομάδα δύο ακτινολόγων για κάθε τεχνική, οι οποίοι έπρεπε να καταγράψουν την ύπαρξη ή μη ανευρύσματος, να περιγράψουν τα χαρακτηριστικά του και να αξιολογήσουν την μέθοδο. Χειρουργική ή και ενδαγγειακή θεραπεία έγινε σε 45 ασθενείς και ανευρέθησαν 53 ανευρύσματα. Χρησιμοποιώντας την CTA, ευρέθησαν 47 ανευρύσματα σε 42 ασθενείς. Η DSA ανίχνευσε 43 ανευρύσματα σε 39 ασθενείς. Η ευαισθησία της CTA για τον εντοπισμό όλων των ανευρυσμάτων με βάση το χειρουργικό/θεραπευτικό αποτέλεσμα ήταν 88,7%, η ειδικότητα 100%, η θετική προβλεπτική αξία (PPV) 100%, η αρνητική προβλεπτική αξία (NPV) 80,7% και η ακρίβεια 92,3%. Αντίστοιχα, η ευαισθησία της DSA ήταν 87,8%, η ειδικότητα 98%, η PPV 97,7%, η NPV 89,1% και η ακρίβεια 92,9%. Όσον αφορά στα ανευρύσματα ≥3 mm, η CTA είχε ευαισθησία που κυμαινόταν μεταξύ 93,3 έως 100%, ίση με αυτή της DSA. Η CTA εμφάνισε τα ίδια ποσοστά ευαισθησίας με αυτά της DSA σε ανευρύσματα ≥3 mm. Εμφάνισε επίσης 100% ποσοστό ανίχνευσης σε ανευρύσματα της πρόσθιας αναστομωτικής και του διχασμού της μέσης εγκεφαλικής αρτηρίας, ενώ μερικές εντοπίσεις όπως η οπίσθια αναστομωτική αρτηρία παραμένουν προβληματικές. 80 Κατά την διάρκεια της παρούσας μελέτης προσπαθήσαμε να δημιουργήσουμε μια τεχνική προσομοίωσης της διεγχειρητικής εικόνας των ραγέντων ενδοκρανιακών ανευρυσμάτων, με τη χρήση volume rendering techniques σε εικόνες που προκύπτουν από CT αγγειογραφία. Η τρισδιάστατη κατασκευή των εικόνων προέκυψε από την συνεργασία μιας ομάδας αποτελούμενης από τέσσερις ακτινολόγους, έναν νευροχειρουργό και έναν ιατρικό φυσικό. Το αποτέλεσμα αυτής της συνεργασίας ήταν η παραγωγή μιας εικόνας οριοθετημένης στο χώρο, με οδηγά σημεία που εύκολα μπορούσαν να αναπαραχθούν κατά την διάρκεια του χειρουργείου. Οι εικόνες χειρουργικής προσομοίωσης ενός ανευρύσματος είναι πιθανώς χρήσιμο εργαλείο για τον προεγχειρητικό σχεδιασμό των ενδοκρανιακών ανευρυσμάτων. / Cerebral CT angiography is an established method applied to both the detection and treatment planning of intracranial aneurysms. The aim of our study was to compare DSA to CTA findings and with the surgical results mainly in patients with acute SAH and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of CTA. During the last three years, 82 consecutive patients were admitted under clinical symptoms and signs suggestive of harbouring an intracranial aneurysm. CT angiography performed immediately afterwards the plain CT, while DSA was performed within the first 48 hours of admission. All aneurysms detected, were confirmed during surgery or endovascular embolization. Repeat DSA was performed in all patients having both the initial CTA and the DSA 15 days after the onset of symptoms negative. CT angiograms and conventional angiographies were studied by a consensus of two radiologists for each technique, who performed aneurysm detection, morphological features characterization and evaluation of the technique. Surgical or/and endovascular treatment was performed in 45 patients and 53 aneurysms were confirmed. Using 3D-CT angiography we detected 47 aneurysms in 42 patients. Conventional angiography depicted 43 aneurysms in 39 patients. The sensitivity of CTA for the detection of all aneurysms versus surgery was 88.7%, the specificity 100%, the positive predictive value (PPV) 100%, the negative predictive value (NPV) 80.7% and the accuracy 92.3%. Consequently, the sensitivity of DSA was 87.8%, the specificity 98%, the PPV 97.7%, the NPV 89.1% and the accuracy 92.9%. Considering the aneurysms ≥ 3 mm, CTA showed a sensitivity ranging from 93.3% to 100%, equal to that of DSA. Cerebral CT angiography has an equal sensitivity to DSA in the detection of intracranial aneurysms greater than 3 mm. It has also 100% detection rate in AcoA and MCA bifurcation aneurysms, while some locations like posterior communicating artery aneurysms remain problematic. The delineating features of each aneurysm are better depicted with CTA due to 3D visualization. The use of Digital Subtraction Angiography as a diagnostic tool can be limited in equivocal cases. A supplement to the above work is our effort to describe a technique for simulating the surgical view of ruptured intracranial aneurysms, using volume 82 rendering techniques in spiral CT angiography data. The 3D rendered images were assessed by a team consisted of four radiologists, one neurosurgeon and one medical physicist. The resultant ‘surgical view’ image was standardized in space using a three-dimensional coordinate system, which allowed for its reproduction in the operating theatre. The surgical views are easily reproducible and αποτελούν a useful tool for the surgical planning of intracranial aneurysms.

Desde a introdução dos implantes na Odontologia, controvérsias tem havido acerca da propriedade de conectar os implantes a dentes em próteses fixas. Os implantes osseointegrados não apresentam nenhum ligamento periodontal e são mais firmemente ancorados ao osso. A diferença apresentada nesta ancoragem tem levantado preocupações acerca de o implante osseointegrado, por sua firme fixação ao osso, apresentar pouca flexibilidade para dividir as cargas funcionais com os dentes conectados. O presente estudo teve como propósito acompanhar prospectivamente os parâmetros periodontais ? índice gengival, índice de sangramento, profundidade de sondagem e perda de inserção entre o dente pilar de uma prótese dento-implanto-suportada com o dente colateral do mesmo paciente, e também os parâmetros peri-implantares dos implantes que suportam estas próteses - índice gengival; índice de sangramento; profundidade de sondagem e perda de inserção. Para verificar a perda de inserção foi utilizado o recurso da subtração radiográfica da região em que a prótese foi instalada, com tomadas radiográficas efetuadas no momento da instalação da prótese, decorridos seis meses e após 12 meses de uso, com o objetivo de verificar a ocorrência, ou não, de alteração do suporte ósseo peri-implantar. Foram selecionados 12 pacientes com estado de saúde normal, apresentando área posterior de mandíbula edêntula onde estava indicada a reabilitação protética por meio de prótese fixa unindo dente a implante. Estes foram tratados com implante de um estágio de 10 mm padrão da Straumann (ITI), que apresenta um pescoço polido de 2.8mm, onde a porção do implante que permanece intra-óssea apresenta uma superfície tratada, com diâmetro de 4.1mm. O implante foi instalado no espaço onde se localizaria o retentor mais distal da futura prótese parcial fixa, seguindo o protocolo. As radiografias digitais obtidas foram avaliadas num software de subtração radiográfica, Matrox Inspector versão oito, para verificar a alteração da variação de densidade óptica e contraste das radiografias quando superpostas, sendo os valores observados no implante comparados com os critérios de sucessos , amplamente abordados nos estudos verificados. Todos os implantes instalados nos pacientes osseointegraram, não houve registro de alteração óssea ao redor dos mesmos e nos dentes pilares das próteses em avaliações feitas após seis meses e 12 meses. As próteses continuaram clinicamente em excelente estado após 12 meses de avaliação nas análises clínicas e radiográficas. Ainda, de acordo com o teste de Sinais de Postos de ilcoxon, concluiu-se estatisticamente que não houve diferença nos parâmetros peri-implantares de cada paciente durante os períodos analisados (zero, seis meses e 12 meses), bem como quando comparados com os respectivos dentes colaterais. / Since the introduction of implants in Dentistry, controversies have arisen about the possibility of connecting implants to teeth in fixed prostheses. Osseointegrated implants do no present any periodontal ligature and are more firmly anchored to the bone. The difference presented by this type of anchorage has led to some concern about the limited flexibility of the osseointegrated implant to share the functional loads with the connected teeth. This study intended to follow-up prospectively the periodontal parameters bleeding index, probing depth between the pillar tooth of an implant supported prosthesis with one control tooth of the same patient and also the implants that support theses prostheses. That is why subtraction radiography of the region in which the prosthesis was placed was used, with radiographs taken at prosthesis placement, after six months and one year of use to verify if the periimplant osseous support had or had not undergone changes. Twelve patients with normal health conditions were selected who presented a posterior area edentulous jaw where a prosthetic rehabilitation by a fixed prosthesis joining tooth to implant was indicated. Patients were treated with an implant of one stage of 10mm standard Straumann (ITI) with a 2.8 mm polished neck, in which the remaining intraosseous portion of the implant has a treated surface of 4.1 mm diameter. The implant was placed in the space where according to the protocol, the more distal retainer of the future fixed partial prosthesis would be located. Digital radiographs were assessed with a subtraction radiography software Matrox Inspector version eight, to corroborate the change of contrast in the radiographs when superimposed, with values observed in the implant compared with the success criteria , widely mentioned in surveyed studies. All implants placed in patients became osseointegrated. There was no record of bone change around them and in the dental pillars of the prostheses at the one year follow-up. Prostheses continue to be in excellent conditions after the one year follow-up based upon clinical and radiographic analyses. Furthermore, in accordance with the Wilcoxon test of matched pairs and signed rank, it was concluded that there was no statistical difference between each group of each patient during the time period analyzed (baseline and one year) as well as when the pillars were compared to their respective controls.

INTRODUÇÃO: A angioplastia carotídea com stent (ACS) sob proteção cerebral é opção terapêutica em pacientes com estenose carotídea. Existe o risco de embolia apesar da utilização do filtro e as modificações na perfusão cerebral após tratamento da estenose carotídea não são claras. O propósito deste estudo é avaliar, após ACS sob proteção cerebral por filtros, modificações nas seqüências de RM de difusão (DWI) e perfusão (PWI), correlacionando-as com os aspectos técnicos da ACS, com as características da estenose e com dados demográficos dos pacientes. MÉTODO: Trinta e seis pacientes portadores de estenose carotídea com idade média de 72,08 anos foram submetidos a exame de RM um dia antes e até 72 horas após a ACS com filtro de proteção. Todos os pacientes eram assintomáticos após a ACS. Áreas de restrição na DWI após a ACS foram correlacionadas com aspectos demográficos, com aspectos da técnica de angioplastia e com a presença de infartos prévios por RM. Os parâmetros CBV volume sanguíneo cerebral, MTT tempo de trânsito médio e TTP tempo para o pico são empregados para análise por PWI. RESULTADOS: Na DWI, 18 de 36 (50,00%) pacientes apresentaram novos focos (NF) de restrição na DWI após ACS. Todos os NF foram clinicamente silenciosos (100%). Estes NF eram localizados em território cerebral nutrido pela artéria carótida submetida à ACS em 77,19% e menores que 10 mm em 91,53%. Os NF em território cerebral não irrigado pela artéria carótida submetida à angioplastia correspondiam a 22,81% destes. A presença de infartos cerebrais prévios na RM foi o único fator com influência no aparecimento de NF (p=0,037). Fatores demográficos e aspectos relacionados com a técnica de angioplastia não tiveram importância na gênese dos NF. Na PWI foi observada melhora nos parâmetros temporais TTP (p<0,001) e MTT (p=0,019) quando comparados de forma normalizada em relação ao território contralateral. CONCLUSÃO: Os novos focos de restrição na DWI após ACS (NF) foram mais comuns no território ipsilateral (77,19%), no entanto houve NF no território contralateral à ACS (22,81%), possivelmente, associados ao cateterismo diagnóstico. Os NF, na sua maioria, são de pequeno diâmetro (<10 mm em 91,53%). Melhora precoce na PWI, observada nos dados normalizados, foi demonstrada nos parâmetros temporais (TTP e MTT). / INTRODUCTION: Carotid angioplasty with stent (CAS) under cerebral protection is a therapeutic option in patients with carotid stenosis. There is a risk of embolism even with a filter, and changes in cerebral perfusion after treatment are not clearly understood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate changes in diffusion- (DWI) and perfusion- (PWI) weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences correlating them with the technical aspects of CAS, stenosis characteristics and patient demographic data. METHODS: Thirty-six carotid stenosis patients with an mean age of 72.08 years were submitted to MRI exam one day before and up to 72 hours after CAS with filter protection. All patients were asymptomatic after CAS. Areas of restriction on DWI were correlated to demographic aspects, technique of angioplasty as well the presence of previous stroke by MRI. The parameters, CBV - cerebral blood volume; MTT - mean transit time, and TTP- time to peak, are used for PWI analysis. RESULTS: Eighteen of the 36 patients (50.00%) presented new focus (NF) of restriction by DWI after CAS. All new focus were clinically silent. The NF were located in the cerebral area fed by the carotid artery submitted to CAS in 77.19% and smaller than 10mm in 91.53%. NF in cerebral area not irrigated by carotid artery submitted by angioplasty correspond to 22,81 %. The presence of previous ischemic lesion on MRI was the only factor which influenced the appearance of NF (p=0.037). Demographic factors and aspects related to angioplasty technique had no importance on NF genesis. Improvement in PWI timing parameters - TTP (p<0.001) and MTT (p=0.019) were observed in relation to the contralateral territory (normalized data). CONCLUSION: The restriction NF in the DWI after CAS are more common in the ipsilateral territory (77.19%), however there were some NF in the contralateral territory to the CAS (22.81%), possibly associated with diagnostic catheterization. Most of the NF were small in diameter (<10mm in 91.53%). Short-term improvement in PWI were demonstrated by normalized timing parameters (TTP and MTT).

Diss. Linköping : Linköpings universitet, 2005.