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KMID : 1024020170470010011
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Imaging Science in Dentistry
2017 Volume.47 No. 1 p.11 ~ p.15
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Intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility in linear measurements on axial images obtained by cone-beam computed tomography
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Silva Nathalia Cristine da
Barriviera Mauricio
Junqueira Jose Luiz Cintra
Panzarella Francine Kuhl
Raitz Ricardo
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was performed to investigate the intra- and inter-observer variability in linear measurements with axial images obtained by PreXion (PreXion Inc., San Mateo, USA) and i-CAT (Imaging Sciences International, Xoran Technologies Inc., Hatfield, USA) CBCT scanners, with different voxel sizes.
Materials and Methods: A cylindrical object made from nylon with radiopaque markers (phantom) was scanned by i-CAT and PreXion 3D devices. For each axial image, measurements were taken twice in the horizontal (distance A-B) and vertical (distance C-D) directions, randomly, with a one-week interval between measurements, by four oral radiologists with five years or more experience in the use of these measuring tools.
Results: All of the obtained linear measurements had lower values than those of the phantom. The statistical analysis showed high intra- and inter-observer reliability (p=0.297). Compared to the real measurements, the measurements obtained using the i-CAT device and PreXion tomography, on average, revealed absolute errors ranging from 0.22 to 0.59 mm and from 0.23 to 0.63 mm, respectively.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that both scanners are accurate, although the linear measurements are underestimations, with no significant differences between the evaluators.
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KEYWORD
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography, Dimensional Measurement Accuracy, Reproducibility of Results
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