Metal artifact production and reduction in CBCT with different numbers of basis images
- Author:
Polyane Mazucatto QUEIROZ
1
;
Gustavo Machado SANTAELLA
;
Francisco Carlos GROPPO
;
Deborah Queiroz FREITAS
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords: Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; Artifacts; Phantoms, Imaging
- MeSH: Alloys; Artifacts; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; Humans; Phantoms, Imaging
- From:Imaging Science in Dentistry 2018;48(1):41-44
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of different numbers of basis images and the use of metal artifact reduction (MAR) on the production and reduction of artifacts in cone-beam computed tomography images. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An acrylic resin phantom with a metal alloy sample was scanned, with 450 or 720 basis images and with or without MAR. Standard deviation values for the test areas (around the metal object) were obtained as a way of measuring artifact production. Two-way analysis of variance was used with a 5% significance level. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in artifact production among the images obtained with different numbers of basis images without MAR (P=.985). MAR significantly reduced artifact production in the test areas only in the protocol using 720 basis images (P=.017). The protocol using 450 basis images with MAR showed no significant difference in artifact production when compared to the protocol using 720 basis images with MAR (P=.579). CONCLUSION: Protocols with a smaller number of basis images and with MAR activated are preferable for minimizing artifact production in tomographic images without exposing the patient to a greater radiation dose.
