OBJECTIVES: To assess quantitatively the combined effect of exomass-related- and motion artefacts on voxel value parameters in cone beam CT (CBCT). METHODS: A cylindrical phantom was manufactured, containing 21 tubes filled with a radiopaque solution, allowing the inclusion of three titanium implants in the periphery to induce exomass-related artefacts. The phantom was mounted on a robot simulating 0.75-, 1.5-, and 3 mm movements (nodding/lateral rotation/tremor). CBCT images with/without exomass and with/without movements were acquired in duplicate in three units: Cranex 3Dx, Orthophos SL-3D, and X1 (with motion-artefact correction). A cylindrical volume of interest was defined in each tube and voxel value mean and standard deviation were assessed. For each CBCT volume, the 21 mean voxel values were averaged providing the overall mean voxel value (MVV), and the standard deviation (among the 21 values) was calculated providing overall voxel value inhomogeneity (VVI). The standard deviation from each of the 21 volumes-of-interest were averaged, providing overall image noise (IN). The effect of the diverse tested situations was inferred from a repeated-measures analysis of variance, followed by Sidak's test (α = 0.05). RESULTS: Overall, images acquired with exomass showed significantly (p ≤ 0.05) lower MVV, and higher VVI and IN. Motion artefacts aggravated exomass-related alterations. MVV and VVI were mostly affected by 3 mm nodding movements. Motion-artefact correction eliminated the deleterious effect of movement. CONCLUSIONS: CBCT voxel-value parameters are altered by exomass-related artefacts, and this finding is aggravated in the presence of motion artefacts. Motion-artefact correction effectively eliminated the deleterious impact of movement.
Objective assessment of the combined effect of exomass-related- and motion artefacts in cone beam CT
2021-01-01
Oliveira , M L , Candemil , A P , Freitas , D Q , Haiter-Neto , F , Wenzel , A & Spin-Neto , R 2021 , ' Objective assessment of the combined effect of exomass-related- and motion artefacts in cone beam CT ' , Dento maxillo facial radiology , vol. 50 , no. 1 , 20200255 . https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.20200255
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