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Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology

INTRODUCTION: The Council Directive 2013/59 Euratom has a clear commitment for keeping medical radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable and demands a regular review and use of diagnostic reference levels. METHODS: In dental implantology, the range of effective doses for cone beam computed...

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Autores principales: Widmann, Gerlig, Al-Ekrish, Asma'a A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492174
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874210601812010087
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description INTRODUCTION: The Council Directive 2013/59 Euratom has a clear commitment for keeping medical radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable and demands a regular review and use of diagnostic reference levels. METHODS: In dental implantology, the range of effective doses for cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) shows a broad overlap with multislice computed tomography (MSCT). More recently, ultralow dose imaging with new generations of MSCT scanners may impart radiation doses equal to or lower than CBCT. Dose reductions in MSCT have been further facilitated by the introduction of iterative image reconstruction technology (IRT), which provides substantial noise reduction over the current standard of filtered backward projection (FBP). AIM: The aim of this article is to review the available literature on ultralow dose CT imaging and IRTs in dental implantology imaging and to summarize their influence on spatial and contrast resolution, image noise, tissue density measurements, and validity of linear measurements of the jaws. CONCLUSION: Application of ultralow dose MSCT with IRT technology in dental implantology offers the potential for very large dose reductions compared with standard dose imaging. Yet, evaluation of various diagnostic tasks related to dental implantology is still needed to confirm the results obtained with various IRTs and ultra-low doses so far.
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spelling pubmed-58149402018-02-28 Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology Widmann, Gerlig Al-Ekrish, Asma'a A. Open Dent J Dentistry INTRODUCTION: The Council Directive 2013/59 Euratom has a clear commitment for keeping medical radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable and demands a regular review and use of diagnostic reference levels. METHODS: In dental implantology, the range of effective doses for cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) shows a broad overlap with multislice computed tomography (MSCT). More recently, ultralow dose imaging with new generations of MSCT scanners may impart radiation doses equal to or lower than CBCT. Dose reductions in MSCT have been further facilitated by the introduction of iterative image reconstruction technology (IRT), which provides substantial noise reduction over the current standard of filtered backward projection (FBP). AIM: The aim of this article is to review the available literature on ultralow dose CT imaging and IRTs in dental implantology imaging and to summarize their influence on spatial and contrast resolution, image noise, tissue density measurements, and validity of linear measurements of the jaws. CONCLUSION: Application of ultralow dose MSCT with IRT technology in dental implantology offers the potential for very large dose reductions compared with standard dose imaging. Yet, evaluation of various diagnostic tasks related to dental implantology is still needed to confirm the results obtained with various IRTs and ultra-low doses so far. Bentham Open 2018-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5814940/ /pubmed/29492174 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874210601812010087 Text en © 2018 Widmann and Al-Ekrish. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology
title Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology
title_full Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology
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title_full_unstemmed Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology
title_short Ultralow Dose MSCT Imaging in Dental Implantology
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492174
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