Quantitative analysis of metal artifact reduction using the auto-edge counting method in cone-beam computed tomography.
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SUBMITTER: Kim YH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7264136 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
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Quantitative analysis of metal artifact reduction using the auto-edge counting method in cone-beam computed tomography.
Kim Young Hyun YH Lee Chena C Han Sang-Sun SS Jeon Kug Jin KJ Choi Yoon Joo YJ Lee Ari A
Scientific reports 20200601 1
The metal artifact reduction (MAR) algorithm is used in most CBCT unit to reduce artifact from various dental materials. The performance of MAR program of a CBCT unit according to the dental material type under different imaging mode was evaluated as introducing automatic quantification of the amount of artifact reduced. Four customized phantoms with different dental prostheses (amalgam, gold, porcelain-fused-metal, zirconia) underwent CBCT scanning with and without the MAR option. The imaging w ...[more]
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