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Published on: March 14, 2018
Accuracy of trabecular bone microstructural measurement at planned dental implant sites using cone-beam CT datasets
Norliza Ibrahim1, Azin Parsa, Bassam Hassan
1Department of General and Specialized Dentistry, Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of General Dental Practice and Oral & Maxillofacial Imaging, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Objective:
Cone-beam CT (CBCT) images are infrequently utilized for trabecular bone microstructural measurement due to the system's limited resolution. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of CBCT for measuring trabecular bone microstructure in comparison with micro CT (μCT).
Materials And Methods:
Twenty-four human mandibular cadavers were scanned using a CBCT system (80 μm) and a μCT system (35 μm). Three bone microstructural parameters trabecular number (Tb.N), thickness (Tb.Th) and separation (Tb.Sp) were assessed using CTAn imaging software.
Results:
Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) showed a high intra-observer reliability (≥ 0.996) in all parameters for both systems. The Pearson correlation coefficients between the measurements of the two systems were for Tb.Th 0.82, for Tb.Sp 0.94 and for Tb.N 0.85 (all P's<0.001). The Bland and Altman plots showed strongest agreement in Tb.N (-0.37 μm) followed by Tb.Th (1.6 μm) and Tb.Sp (8.8 μm).
Conclusions:
Cone-beam CT datasets can be used to evaluate trabecular bone microstructure at dental implant sites. The accuracy for measuring Tb.N was the best followed by Tb.Th and Tb.Sp.
