Identification of mandibular canal in cone beam computed tomography plane with different voxel sizes
| Autor: | Ameera Alabdulwahid, Wafa Alfaleh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Cone beam computed tomography
Correlation coefficient Mandibular canal lcsh:Medicine computer.software_genre Imaging phantom 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Voxel medicine General Dentistry Voxel size Mathematics business.industry lcsh:R Mandible CBCT 030206 dentistry Surgical procedures lcsh:RK1-715 medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:Dentistry Original Article Nuclear medicine business Observers' agreement computer |
| Zdroj: | The Saudi Dental Journal Saudi Dental Journal, Vol 32, Iss 8, Pp 403-409 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1658-3558 1013-9052 |
| Popis: | Introduction Identification of the mandibular canal (MC) is essential before any lower jaw surgical procedures. Understanding the anatomical variations of the MC is essential for preventing postoperative complications. Objectives We assessed the observer agreement for identifying the MC in cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images and to study the effect of changing the voxel size on such agreements. Material and methods We obtained images of mandibles from ten dry skulls using a water phantom with two voxels: 0.18 and 0.3 mm. The identification of the MC was made in five sites bilaterally in each mandible by two examiners. Results A total of 82 sites were included. Differences in measurements between images obtained with each scanning protocol and the reference images were calculated using descriptive statistics. There was an agreement between the two examiners in identifying the MC in CBCT images. No significant differences were found for identifying the MC when the voxel sizes were changed. There was a strong correlation coefficient between the two examiners for both voxel sizes (p Conclusion This study showed that voxel size, in the range from 0.18 to 0.3 mm, has no direct effect on the identification of the MC. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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