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Reliability of Artificial Intelligence-Based Cone Beam Computed Tomography Integration with Digital Dental Images
Published on: February 23, 2024
Comparative evaluation of the accuracy of linear measurements between cone beam computed tomography and 3D
Francesca Mangione1, Deborah Meleo, Marco Talocco
1Dipartimento di Scienze Odontostomatologiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of artifacts on the accuracy of linear measurements estimated with a common cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) system used in dental clinical practice, by comparing it with microCT system as standard reference.
Materials And Methods:
Ten bovine bone cylindrical samples containing one implant each, able to provide both points of reference and image quality degradation, have been scanned by CBCT and microCT systems. Thanks to the software of the two systems, for each cylindrical sample, two diameters taken at different levels, by using implants different points as references, have been measured. Results have been analyzed by ANOVA and a significant statistically difference has been found.
Results And Discussion:
Due to the obtained results, in this work it is possible to say that the measurements made with the two different instruments are still not statistically comparable, although in some samples were obtained similar performances and therefore not statistically significant.
Conclusion:
With the improvement of the hardware and software of CBCT systems, in the near future the two instruments will be able to provide similar performances.
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