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Activate Your Creativity with Smart OPG: A Milestone in

Toy Construction Set Radiological Diagnosis

IFIA Best Invention Medal was given to Mr. Jun- built by the combination of assembly kits. Mr. Mehdi Bashiri, an inventor from Istanbul Aydın tailed information because of magnification, dis-
Cheol Bang for his cutting-edge innovation dis- Specially designed to activate creativity, improve mem- University, won IFIA Best Invention Medal during tortion and superposition of anatomic structures.
played at Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF), ory, enhance social interaction and group work both Seoul International Invention Fair (SIIF) Award Also most current dental system operates with 8
held from November 30 to December 3 in Seoul, young children and adults can experience exhilaration Ceremony on 2 December 2017 for his innovative bit images, which contain 28 =256 shades of grey.
Korea. and creativity through assembling the building blocks. method titled “Smart OPG”.
The human eye is able to differentiate 60-80
The innovation titled “Connector of Toy Con- In this invention, the assembly method of connector Panoramic Radiography (OPG) is a two-dimen- shades of grey on a monitor. It is thought to be
struction Set” attracted a lot of attention to itself and rod as well as rod and rod is much more conve- sional imaging method that captures upper and improved by intelligent manipulation of the grey
during the whole event due to the variety of col- nient than those available in market because of the im- lower jaws in a single image including the teeth, values. So an artificial intelligence method, called
orful architectures and structures that could be proved construction of rods and connectors. surrounding structures and tissues. On routine smart OPG is developed to improve differentiat-
dental practice OPG is the first and most common ing the grey values and eliminate these disadvan-
imaging modality to make diagnosis and treat- tages.
ment plan with the advantages of easy and fast
performing, lower radiation dose and cost. Smart OPG will be an important step in the radio-
logical diagnosis taking into account today’s digi-
However, OPG does not provide precise and de- tal advancing technology.

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