Quality Control in Dental Cone-Beam Computed Tomography
Poor medical equipment may lead to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis by doctors, leading to medical accidents. Given the differences in imaging methods, the performance determination method for conventional computed tomography (CT) does not apply to dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). There...
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doaj-de48ab455e03460e9c761353d106faf72021-09-09T13:39:36ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172021-09-01118162816210.3390/app11178162Quality Control in Dental Cone-Beam Computed TomographyJin-Feng Huang0Xiao-Zhao Chen1Hong Wang2School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaSchool of Medical Devices, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, ChinaSchool of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, ChinaPoor medical equipment may lead to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis by doctors, leading to medical accidents. Given the differences in imaging methods, the performance determination method for conventional computed tomography (CT) does not apply to dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Therefore, a detection method that is more suitable for the characteristics of dental CBCT and more convenient for on-site operation in hospitals needs to be urgently developed. Hence, this study aimed to design a robust and convenient detection method to control the quality of dental CBCT, grasp the safety information of the equipment in a timely and effective manner, discover and evaluate equipment risks, and take reasonable and necessary countermeasures, thereby, reducing the risk of medical malpractice. This study adopted dose-area product to measure dose parameters and used objective quantitative evaluation methods instead of subjective evaluation methods for spatial resolution, contrast-to-noise ratio index, and uniformity. The dental CBCT of 10 dental hospitals and clinics were tested, and the findings revealed that the testing methods used had good accuracy and applicability.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/17/8162cone-beam CTcontrast-to-noise ratio indexkerma area productmetrologyspatial resolutionuniformity |
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Quality Control in Dental Cone-Beam Computed Tomography |
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Quality Control in Dental Cone-Beam Computed Tomography |
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quality control in dental cone-beam computed tomography |
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Poor medical equipment may lead to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis by doctors, leading to medical accidents. Given the differences in imaging methods, the performance determination method for conventional computed tomography (CT) does not apply to dental cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Therefore, a detection method that is more suitable for the characteristics of dental CBCT and more convenient for on-site operation in hospitals needs to be urgently developed. Hence, this study aimed to design a robust and convenient detection method to control the quality of dental CBCT, grasp the safety information of the equipment in a timely and effective manner, discover and evaluate equipment risks, and take reasonable and necessary countermeasures, thereby, reducing the risk of medical malpractice. This study adopted dose-area product to measure dose parameters and used objective quantitative evaluation methods instead of subjective evaluation methods for spatial resolution, contrast-to-noise ratio index, and uniformity. The dental CBCT of 10 dental hospitals and clinics were tested, and the findings revealed that the testing methods used had good accuracy and applicability. |
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cone-beam CT contrast-to-noise ratio index kerma area product metrology spatial resolution uniformity |
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