计算机辅助合成颞下颌关节镜全景图像

目的：介绍一种颞下颌关节镜全景图像合成的计算机处理系统。方法：将关节镜下所见的图像直接输入计算机并贮存于可读写光盘,对所获得的多幅单个图像使用Ｐｈｏｔｏｓｈｏｐ５．０图像编辑软件进行图像编辑处理。结果;通过此图像处理系统,对多幅单个的关节镜图像进行合成,获得了完整的正常颞下颌关节镜下组织的矢状面积（或）冠状面二维全景图像。结论：颞下颌关节镜全景图像计算机处理系统有助于提高关节镜的综合分析能力,同时也有利关节镜手术的推广。     

计算机合成颞下颌关节镜全景图像临床应用研究

目的：评价计算机合成颞下颌关节镜全景图像的临床应用价值。方法：３２例关节镜手术经计算机辅助系统合成关节镜全景图像;其中,１０例进行术后即刻关节全景图像的合成,以评价术后的手术效果。结果：所有全景关节镜图像均全面显示了关节腔整体形态、多种病理表现和关节各面之间的关系。结论：该系统能提高关节镜综合诊断的能力,有利于促进颞下颌关节镜外科的发展、交流和推广。     

基于光谱CT的钙抑制技术评估颞下颌关节紊乱病患者关节盘位置

目的探索钙抑制光谱CT技术在评估颞下颌关节盘位置及测量关节盘后带厚度中的应用。方法对2019年2至7月解放军总医院海南医院放射科门诊就诊的23例颞下颌关节紊乱病患者[平均年龄23岁(12~62岁),男性14例,女性9例]行MRI斜矢状位、斜冠状位质子密度加权成像及光谱CT扫描,共纳入可评估关节45侧,依扫描设备分为MRI测量组及钙抑制光谱CT测量组。采用钙抑制算法对光谱CT进行去钙处理,并重建斜矢状位及冠状位钙抑制光谱CT图像。基于斜矢状位及冠状位图像评估关节盘位置,基于斜矢状位图像测量关节盘后带最大厚度。结果45侧颞下颌关节盘位置在MRI图像及钙抑制光谱CT图像上基本一致。MRI测量组与钙抑制光谱CT测量组所测后带厚度的组内相关系数为0.843(0.712,0.914),Bland-Altman图分析MRI与钙抑制光谱CT测量关节盘后带厚度的差值点[95.6%(43/45)]位于95%一致性界限内。Wilcoxon配对检验提示MRI测量组[2.57(1.76,3.65)mm]与钙抑制光谱CT测量组[2.67(1.74,4.56)mm]差异无统计学意义(P=0.07)。结论钙抑制光谱CT成像可以准确评估关节盘位置及关节盘后带厚度。     

Disk position and the bilaminar zone of the temporomandibular joint in asymptomatic young individuals by magnetic resonance imaging

OBJECTIVE: The purpose was to study the disk position of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) in young individuals without any clinical signs or symptoms or history of internal derangement or degenerative joint disease and to study the features of the bilaminar zone of the TMJ in sagittal magnetic resonance (MR) images and the behavior of the bilaminar zone during jaw opening. STUDY DESIGN: MR imaging examinations of 80 TMJs of 40 symptom-free healthy subjects (20 women and 20 men) with a mean age of 26.9 years formed the basis of this study. RESULTS: In 33 of the 40 symptom-free subjects (82.5%), there was a normal relationship between disk and condyle at occlusion, whereas 5 individuals had unilateral disk displacement and 2 had bilateral disk displacement. The superior part of the bilaminar zone could be identified in all of the 40 symptom-free subjects. The inferior band of the bilaminar zone was identified bilaterally in 57.5% of individuals and unilaterally in 20%. In 9 subjects, the inferior band of the bilaminar zone could not be identified in any of the TMJs. CONCLUSIONS: Disk displacement of the TMJ occurred in approximately 20% of the young individuals in this sample. The use of both sagittal and oblique coronal MR images is of importance for classification of the position of the disk in that the oblique coronal imaging plane rendered significant complementary information to that of the sagittal images. The identification of both the superior and the posterior band of the bilaminar zone must be considered new information. The superior band remained consistently in contact with the fossa at the open-mouth position.     

Relationship between temporomandibular joint pain and magnetic resonance imaging findings of internal derangement

In terms of clinical decision-making in instances of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and orofacial pain, there is controversy in the literature over the diagnostic significance of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)-related variable disk-condyle relationship (DCR). The purpose of this study was to investigate whether in patients with TMJ-related pain, the variable of TMJ pain may be linked to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of internal derangement (ID). The study comprised 163 consecutive TMJ pain patients. Criteria for including a patient were report of orofacial pain referred to the TMJ, and the presence of uni- or bilateral TMJ pain during palpation, during function, and/or during unassisted or assisted mandibular opening. Bilateral sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained to establish the prevalence of TMJ ID types. Analysis of the data revealed the presence of TMJ pain to be associated with significantly more MR imaging diagnoses of ID than an absence of ID (P<0.001), and disk displacement without reduction than disk displacement with reduction (P<0.001). Using chi-square analysis, the results showed a significant relationship between the presence of TMJ-related pain and the MR imaging diagnosis of TMJ ID (P=0.001), and TMJ ID type (P=0.000). Use of the Kappa statistical test indicated poor diagnostic agreement between the presence of TMJ pain and the MR imaging diagnosis of ID (K=0.16). The results suggest that the clinical variable of TMJ pain may have a significant effect on the prevalences of MR imaging diagnoses of TMJ ID. The data confirm the biological concept of DCR as a diagnostic approach in patients with signs and symptoms of TMJ-related pain.     

颞下颌关节增强磁共振成像研究

目的：探讨磁共振对比增强剂Gd—DTPA对颞下额关节紊乱病的临床诊断意义。方法：对12名临床诊断为颞下颌关节紊乱病患进行磁共振增强前后扫描，观察影像增强效果。结果：Gd—DTPA对关节盘位置正常的关节闭口斜矢状位前伸部及张口位双板区具有显的增强效果；对可复性及不可复性关节盘前移位张闭口位前伸部及双板区均有明显的增强效果；对冠状位也有明显增强效果。结论：磁共振对比增强剂的增强效果明确，为提高临床诊断准确性及作为磁共振常规扫描的辅助手段提供理论依据。     

Magnetic resonance imaging of the temporomandibular joint: a study of inter- and intraobserver agreement

Objective The purpose of this study was to estimate the inter- and intraobserver agreement for interpreting magnetic resonance (MR) images of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ).Methods The study was based on MR images of 30 TMJs. The images were interpreted by seven observers for disk configuration, disk position, joint fluid, bone marrow changes, and diagnosis. The observers were not calibrated. Kappa statistics were used.Results The kappa values were, for interobserver agreement of disk configuration, 0.10; for disk position in the sagittal plane with closed mouth, 0.35; for a combination of closed mouth and open mouth, 0.44; for disk position in the coronal plane, 0.17; for joint fluid, 0.36; for bone marrow changes, 0.01; and for diagnosis, 0.39. Intraobserver agreement was generally higher than interobserver agreement.Conclusion Agreement on disk position in the sagittal plane, on presence and amount of joint fluid, and on diagnosis was fair to moderate. Agreement on disk configuration, on disk position in the coronal plane, and on bone marrow changes was poor.     

Value of additional axial imaging in magnetic resonance imaging of the temporomandibular joint to identify extra-articular diseases

Objectives

The conventional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging protocol for the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is typically performed with focused oblique, sagittal, and coronal imaging of each joint and can miss extra-articular diseases and conditions that may present with similar symptoms. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of an additional axial short tau inversion recovery (STIR) sequence to identify conditions other than ordinal TMJ disorders.

Methods

From September 2000 to April 2006, 601 patients with clinically diagnosed TMJ disorders underwent MR imaging at 0.5 T with a dedicated TMJ coil. In addition to the standard TMJ MR imaging protocol with oblique, sagittal, and coronal proton-density and T2-weighted images of each TMJ in the closed- and open-mouth positions, axial STIR images from the superior orbit to the thoracic inlet level were obtained.

Results

Of 601 patients, 580 (96.5 %) had TMJ disorders without other imaging abnormalities. Extra-articular diseases outside the TMJ were found in 21 patients (3.5 %), with all abnormalities seen only on axial STIR images. These conditions comprised 13 infectious/inflammatory processes and 8 neoplasms including 7 malignancies. Six of these patients had coexistent TMJ disorders, and 15 had no TMJ abnormality.

Conclusions

The addition of axial STIR images to the standard TMJ MR imaging protocol detected unexpected pathology in 3.5 % of patients, including malignancies (1.0 %). The addition of these images could potentially be used as an adjunct to the typical TMJ MR imaging protocol to improve detection of unexpected extra-articular disease.

     

The role of salivary function in modulating chemotherapy-induced oropharyngeal mucositis: a review of the literature

OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate whether the finding of temporomandibular joint (TMJ)-related pain may be linked to magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of TMJ internal derangement and TMJ osteoarthrosis. STUDY DESIGN: The study consisted of 194 consecutive TMJ patients. Criteria for including a patient with a painful TMJ were as follow: report of orofacial pain in the TMJ, with the presence of unilateral or bilateral TMJ pain during palpation, function, and unassisted or assisted mandibular opening. Criteria for including a patient with a nonpainful TMJ were as follow: absence of a TMJ with pain during palpation, function, and unassisted or assisted mandibular opening. Application of the criteria resulted in a study group of 150 patients with unilateral TMJ pain, 10 with bilateral TMJ pain, and 34 without TMJ pain. Bilateral sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained to establish the presence or absence of TMJ internal derangement or osteoarthrosis, or both. RESULTS: A comparison of the TMJ-related data showed a significant relationship between the clinical finding of TMJ pain and the MR imaging diagnoses of TMJ internal derangement (P =.002) and TMJ osteoarthrosis (P =.004). Significant increases in risk of pain occurred with "disk displacement without reduction and osteoarthrosis" (P =.000), "disk displacement without reduction and absence of osteoarthrosis" (P =.000), and "disk displacement with reduction and osteoarthrosis" (P =.036). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that TMJ-related pain is correlated with TMJ-related MR imaging diagnoses of internal derangement and osteoarthrosis. The data confirm the biological concept of "internal derangement and osteoarthrosis," yet re-emphasize that internal derangement and osteoarthrosis may not be regarded as the unique and dominant factors in the definition of TMJ pain.     

Magnetic resonance imaging of the temporomandibular joint: Value of axial images

The purpose of this study was to determine the value of axial images for diagnosis of disk displacement and osseous changes of the temporomandibular joint. Sagittal, coronal, and axial magnetic resonance images were obtained of 35 fresh temporomandibular joint autopsy specimens. The sagittal and coronal images were interpreted for position of the disk and osseous changes. The value of the axial images for diagnosis of the disk and osseous components was classified into one of four categories: 1) did not add diagnostic information, 2) confirmed findings of sagittal and coronal images, 3) added diagnostic information but did not change the diagnosis, 4) changed the diagnosis. The results showed that the axial images did not add diagnostic information concerning position of the disk in 5 joints, confirmed the diagnosis in 29 joints, and added information but did not change the diagnosis in 1 joint. Concerning osseous abnormalities, the axial images did not add any diagnostic information in 5 joints, confirmed findings of the sagittal and coronal images in 26 joints, added information but did not change the diagnosis in 3 joints and changed the diagnosis in 1 joint. On the basis of these results, it is concluded that the axial plane of imaging of the temporomandibular joint is of relatively little value for assessment of disk displacement and osseous changes. Axial imaging is therefore not recommended for diagnosis of disk position and osseous abnormalities.     

Prognostic indicators of the outcome of arthrocentesis: a short-term follow-up study

OBJECTIVES: Arthrocentesis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is purported to be an effective modality in the treatment of patients with closed-lock symptoms. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the clinical findings of disk displacement without reduction associated with pain in the TMJ are related to the discovery of TMJ osteoarthrosis (OA) through the use of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and whether the presence of OA affects the treatment outcome of patients who undergo arthrocentesis of the TMJ. STUDY DESIGN: The study population consisted of 38 patients with TMJ pain who were assigned a clinical diagnosis of unilateral internal derangement (ID) of the TMJ, type III (disk displacement without reduction), in combination with capsulitis/synovitis (C/S) and an MR imaging diagnosis of disk displacement without reduction in the painful TMJ only. Before the patients underwent arthrocentesis, bilateral sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained to confirm the presence or absence of ID and OA. The preoperative and postoperative levels of TMJ function with respect to pain and mandibular range of motion were evaluated and compared. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to compute the odds ratios for successful outcomes for OA (n = 24) versus unsuccessful outcomes for TMJs (n = 14). RESULTS: The preoperative data revealed a significant relationship between the clinical diagnosis of TMJ ID type III with C/S and the discovery of OA on MR images (P =.048). At the 2-month follow-up, a clinical evaluation revealed a significant reduction in TMJ pain during function (P =.000); a significant reduction in the clinical diagnoses of ID type III (P =.000), and C/S (P =.000); and a significant increase in the mandibular range of motion (P =.000). The patients with successful outcomes were more likely to be associated with an MR imaging finding of OA than were the patients with unsuccessful outcomes. (10.4 odds ratio; P =.016). CONCLUSIONS: Our preliminary findings suggest that the presence of OA revealed on MR images is related to clinical pain; furthermore, OA proved to be an important prognostic determinant of successful arthrocentesis.     

CT双对比颞下颌关节造影术的临床应用

目的介绍CT双对比领下颌关节造影技术，并评价其在颞下颌关节功能紊乱综合征中的诊断价值。方法对14例常规关节造影诊断困难的病例，进行CT双对比颞下颌关节造影检查。结果14例患者经CT双对比造影检查为正常考1例，可复性盘前移位者1例，不可复性盘前移位老2例，关节盘穿孔2例，关节盘粘连8例。结论CT双对比颞下颌关节造影术是常规关节造影的重要补充，对关节盘粘连有特殊的诊断价值。     

颞下颌关节的3T磁共振高分辨扫描方法研究

目的：探索3T磁共振对颞下颌关节（TMJ）的成像方法与序列特点,并优化扫描参数。方法：采用Siemens3.0TTrio磁共振扫描机,8通道相控阵头线圈,对25例双侧TMJ分别行张口位、闭口位扫描。其中正常志愿者15例,TMD10例。结果：所有被检查者均一次扫描成功,分别取T1WI,T2WI,PWI以及T2WI,T1WI 3D容积成像,扫描方位以髁突为中心,分别做平行于髁突长轴的斜冠状位,垂直于髁突长轴的斜矢状位扫描,正常志愿者的双侧TMJ在优化后的扫描序列中充分而完整显示关节盘、关节间隙、关节窝、关节盘随张闭口改变而位置变化情况,关节周围软组织与骨组织亦充分清楚显示。10例TMD均完全显示出关节盘移位情况,与临床症状一致。结论：3T磁共振扫描机成像速度快,视野内成像矩阵高,解剖细节显示充分,组织分辨力高,对于TMJ等小关节的结构异常与细微病变的显示充分,是其它医学检查设备无法比拟的。     

Temporomandibular joint internal derangement type III: relationship to magnetic resonance imaging findings of internal derangement and osteoarthrosis. An intraindividual approach.

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether in patients with a clinical unilateral temporomandibular joint (TMJ)-related finding of internal derangement type (ID)-III (disk displacement without reduction) in combination with TMJ-related pain, the intraindividual variable of 'unilateral TMJ ID-III pain' may be linked to subject-related magnetic resonance (MR) imaging findings of TMJ ID, and TMJ osteoarthrosis (OA). The study comprised 48 consecutive TMJ pain patients, who were assigned a clinical unilateral TMJ pain side-related diagnosis of ID-III. Bilateral sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained to establish the presence or absence of TMJ ID and/or OA. Comparison of the TMJ side-related data showed a significant relationship between the clinical finding of TMJ ID-III pain and the MR imaging diagnoses of TMJ ID (P=0.000) and TMJ ID type (P=0.000). There was no correlation between the clinical finding of TMJ ID-III pain and the MR imaging diagnosis of TMJ OA (P=0.217), nor between the MR imaging diagnosis of TMJ OA and that of TMJ ID (P=0.350). Regarding the diagnostic subgroups of TMJ ID, a significant relationship was found between the presence of TMJ OA and the MR imaging diagnoses of TMJ ID type(P=0.002). Use of the Kappa statistical test indicated a fair diagnostic agreement between the presence of TMJ ID-III pain and the MR imaging diagnosis of disk displacement without reduction (DDNR) (K=0.42). The results suggest that TMJ ID-III pain is related to TMJ-related MR imaging diagnoses of ID. Further, the data confirm the biological concept of 'DDNR and OA' as an underlying mechanism in the etiology of TMJ-related pain and dysfunction.     

Worsening of pre-existing TMJ dysfunction following sagittal split osteotomy: a study of three cases

When patients seeking treatment for malocclusion also suffer from temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, it is hard to predict the result of simultaneous treatment of both conditions, or to plan for its different goals, because of unpredictable changes in the relationship between the disk, the fossa and the condylar head. Prediction is harder in cases of presurgical TMJ hypomobility, especially those with adhesion in the upper TMJ compartment. Authors differ widely on the likely effect of orthognathic surgery on TMJ disorders. This paper reports three cases in which TMJ disorders worsened after treatment of malocclusion by sagittal split osteotomy. It examines how presurgical diagnosis of TMJ disorders could assist treatment planning in such cases. The results suggest that microbleeding in the upper TMJ compartment during orthognathic surgery, as well as long-term postoperative intermaxillary fixation, carries a risk of creating worse adhesion that adversely affects the outcome for patients. Therefore, preoperative diagnosis of disk position and pathological conditions in the upper TMJ compartment, as well as careful choice of method and term of postoperative fixation, are essential in planning the treatment of malocclusion with sagittal split osteotomy.     

CT双对比颞下凳关节造影术的临床应用

目的 介绍ＣＴ双对比颞下凳关节造影技术，并评价其在颞下凳关节功能紊乱综合征中的诊断价值。方法 对１４例常规关节造影诊断困难的病例，进行ＣＴ双对比颞下凳关节造影检查。结果 １４例患者经ＣＴ双对比造影检查为正常者１例，可复性盘前移位者１例，不可复性盘前移位者２例，关节盘穿孔２例，关节盘粘连８例。结论ＣＴ 双对比颞下凳关节造影术是演唱 关节造影的重要补充，对关节盘粘连有特殊的诊断价值。     

Disk and joint morphology variations on coronal and sagittal MRI in temporomandibular joint disorders

Objectives

This study aims to assess the disk morphology and the condyle position in subjects with temporomandibular (TMJ) disk displacements on sagittal and coronal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Materials and methods

Seventy-four TMJs (from 37 patients) with positive clinical TMD symptoms according to the RDC/TMD axis I protocol were evaluated by 1.5 T MRI. Disk position, disk morphology, sagittal and coronal condyle position, joint effusion, joint space, and coronal condyle angulation were evaluated. Multivariate logistic regression was used to explore the relationship between disk displacement and MRI variables.

Results

Disk displacement with reduction (DDR) was found in 36.48 % and without reduction (DDwR), in 21.62 % of the joints. Disk displacement was anterior in 35.1 %, anterior-medial in 13.5 %, and anterior-lateral in 9.45 % of cases. The thickened posterior band (94.48 OR, p?=?0.001) and the posterior condyle position (4.57 OR, p?=?0.03) were more likely found on sagittal MRI in disk displacements. On coronal slices, the disk displacement was significantly associated with the distance from the most medial condyle point to the midplane (p?<?0.05).

Conclusions

Disk displacement is associated with changes of disk shape, disk dimension, and condyle position on sagittal MRI. A significant variation of the distance from the most medial condyle point to the midplane in disk displacement was found on coronal MRI.

Clinical relevance

Our study highlights the existence of changes on coronal MRI in TMD patients which should be assessed for better understanding of the clinical evolution of temporomandibular disorders.     

Vergleichende Untersuchung sagittaler und koronaler MRT mit histologischen Diskus- und Kiefergelenkpräparaten zur Prüfung einer Identität von anteriorer Diskusdislokation und anterioren Kapselbindegeweben

Problem. Anterior dislocation of the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) found by MRI tomography often presents a problem. It may persist in MRI despite improvement of articular symptoms and even be found in healthy persons free of any symptoms. Can this be explained by the similarity in structure of the anterior connective tissue of the disk and capsule and their pathological changes? Is a second coronal plane required for MRI investigation? Material and methods. The preauricular regions of 72 patients of the TMJ clinic were examined by oblique-sagittal and oblique-coronal MRI. A Siemens-Vision MRI was used. It was also possible to prepare 10 articular disks of the TMJ with anterior capsular tissue as well as 20 complete TMJs of adults from autopsy material. Sagittal, transversal, and horizontal serial sections were examined histologically. Results. In 49 of the 72 cases examined, an anterior dislocation without reduction found in the sagittal MRI was not confirmed in the oblique-coronal MRI. In the sagittal MRI it was possible to differentiate three, in the coronal MRI six typical forms of magnetic resonance signals, which are represented in figures. They are compared with anatomical and histological connective tissue findings adjacent to the TMJ. The structural similarity of the disk and anterior capsular tissue of the TMJ is demonstrated. The close connection of the disk and connective tissue surrounding the TMJ makes differentiation of MRI findings difficult especially following regressive and adaptive reactions. Conclusions. In MRI, anterior capsular tissue is able to simulate dislocation of the disk. Pathological tissue reactions may alter the MRI signal and lead to the wrong diagnosis of dislocation of the disk. Diagnosis of an anterior disk dislocation cannot be established solely on the basis of oblique-sagittal MRI findings.     

Improved magnetic resonance imaging of the temporomandibular joint by oblique scanning planes

This study was undertaken to investigate whether the quality of magnetic resonance images of the temporomandibular joint could be improved by scanning in oblique planes oriented according to the individual angle of the mandibular condyle (oblique images) instead of in the true anatomic sagittal and coronal planes (orthogonal images). Sagittal and coronal magnetic resonance images obtained by both methods in 21 patients were compared for image quality of the disk. In more than half the patients the oblique images demonstrated the anatomy of the disk better than the orthogonal images. Oblique images are therefore recommended.     

Risk factors for temporomandibular joint pain in patients with disc displacement without reduction - a magnetic resonance imaging study

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging variables of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) internal derangement, osteoarthrosis and/or effusion may predict the presence of pain in patients with a clinical disorder of an internal derangement type (ID)-III. The relationship between TMJ ID-III pain and TMJ internal derangement, osteoarthrosis and effusion was analysed in MR images of 84 TMJs in 42 patients with a clinical unilateral diagnosis of TMJ ID-III pain. Criteria for including a TMJ ID-III pain patient were report of orofacial pain referred to the TMJ, with the presence of unilateral TMJ pain during palpation, function and/or unassisted or assisted mandibular opening. Bilateral sagittal and coronal MR images were obtained to establish the presence or absence of TMJ internal derangement, osteoarthrosis and effusion. Using chi-square analysis for pair-wise comparison, the data showed a significant relationship between the MR imaging findings of TMJ ID-III pain and those of internal derangement (P=0.01) and effusion (P=0.00). Of the MR imaging variables considered simultaneously in the multiple logistic regression analysis, osteoarthrosis (P=0.82) and effusion (P=0.08) dropped out as non-significant in the diagnostic TMJ pain group when compared with the TMJ non-pain group. The odds ratio that a TMJ with an internal derangement type of disk displacement without reduction might belong to the pain group was strong (2.7:1) and highly significant (P=0.00). Significant increases in risk of TMJ pain occurred with 'disk displacement without reduction in combination with osteoarthrosis' (5.2:1) (P=0.00) and/or 'disk displacement without reduction in combination with osteoarthrosis and effusion' (6.6:1) (P=0.00). The results suggest that TMJ pain is related to internal derangement, osteoarthrosis and effusion. However, the data re-emphasize the aspect that these MR imaging variables may not be regarded as the unique and dominant factors in defining TMJ pain instances.