Examination of the dental cone-beam CT equipped with flat-panel-detector (FPD)

Rieko Ito; Naotoshi Fujita; Yoshie Kodera

doi:10.1117/12.877911

16 March 2011 Examination of the dental cone-beam CT equipped with flat-panel-detector (FPD)

Rieko Ito, Naotoshi Fujita, Yoshie Kodera

Proceedings Volume 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging; 79615Q (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877911
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2011, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), Florida, United States

Abstract

In dentistry, computed tomography (CT) is essential for diagnosis. Recently, cone-beam CT has come into use. We used an "Alphard 3030" cone-beam CT equipped with an FPD system. This system can obtain fluoroscopic and CT images. Moreover, the Alphard has 4 exposure modes for CT, and each mode has a different field of view (FOV) and voxel size. We examined the image quality of kinetic and CT images obtained using the cone-beam CT system. To evaluate kinetic image quality, we calculated the Wiener spectrum (WS) and modulation transfer function (MTF). We then analyzed the lag images and exposed a phantom. To evaluate CT image quality, we calculated WS and MTF at various places in the FOV and examined the influence of extension of the cone beam X-ray on voxel size. Furthermore, we compared the WS and MTF values of cone-beam CT to those of another CT system. Evaluation of the kinetic images showed that cone-beam CT is sufficient for clinical diagnosis and provides better image quality than the other system tested. However, during exposure of a CT image, the distance from the center influences image quality (especially MTF). Further, differences in voxel size affect image quality. It is therefore necessary to carefully position the region of interest and select an appropriate mode.

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Rieko Ito, Naotoshi Fujita, and Yoshie Kodera "Examination of the dental cone-beam CT equipped with flat-panel-detector (FPD)", Proc. SPIE 7961, Medical Imaging 2011: Physics of Medical Imaging, 79615Q (16 March 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877911

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X-ray computed tomography

Modulation transfer functions

Image quality

Spatial frequencies

Computed tomography

X-rays

Image analysis

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