[Oradlist] more cone beam CT information

[Bernard Friedland]

I too am extremely happy with the I-CAT. Great for patient comfort &
extremely easy to use. Ability to choose from a variety of option - single
jaw/limited height, both jaws at same time, etc. etc.

Bernard Friedland, B.Ch.D., MSc., J.D.
Asst. Prof. & Head, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology
Department of Oral Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
188 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Tel: 617-432-4295 (w)
Fax: 617-432-2463

bernard_friedland at hms.harvard.edu



On 1/3/06 10:14 PM, "Allan G Farman" <agfarm01 at louisville.edu> wrote:

> Keith, I am very happy with iCAT. It is simple to use, wheelchair compatible
> and permits full head in two rotations. Minimum voxel size is .2 mm but .3 and
> .4 are also options to rduce dose and computation time. The only question
> would be avai;abi;ity of aftersales service. Regards, Allan
> 
>>>> keith.horner at manchester.ac.uk 01/03/06 6:29 午後 >>>
> A colleague in Malaysia, Phrabha Nambiar, has asked me a question about
> cone-beam CT. Here is his question:
> 
> "I have now been offered money to acquire the cone-beam CT for my faculty
> here.
> There are three models being imported into
> Malaysia-Accuitomo, Mercuray by Hitachi and I/Cat. I am not going for
> Accuitomo because the field of view in small and not adequately useful in a
> dental faculty. That leaves me with I/Cat and Mercuray. I wonder if you know
> which is the better machine amongst the two. I/Cat is less expensive than
> Mercuray but the pixel size is larger with the Mercuray(I was informed this
> by the supplier-is this true?). Any comments?  I would appreciate any advice
> from you for this purchase."
> 
> I am afraid I cannot answer his questions with any authority, as we in the UK
> are increasingly 'behind the times' with this technology (no money!), Can
> anyone out there give him the information he requires? Please reply directly
> to
> him (and if possible copy to me for my education) on phrabha at um.edu.my
> 
> Many thanks.
> Keith Horner
> Manchester, UK
> 
> 
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