N Kadesjö1,2, D Benchimol1, B Falahat3, K Näsström1, X-Q Shi1. 1. 1 Oral Facial Diagnostics and Surgery, Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. 2. 2 Medical Radiation Physics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden. 3. 3 Department of Radiology in Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To compare the effective dose to patients from temporomandibular joint examinations using a dental CBCT device and a multislice CT (MSCT) device, both before and after dose optimization. METHODS: A Promax(®) 3D (Planmeca, Helsinki, Finland) dental CBCT and a LightSpeed VCT(®) (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, UK) multislice CT were used. Organ doses and effective doses were estimated from thermoluminescent dosemeters at 61 positions inside an anthropomorphic phantom at the exposure settings in clinical use. Optimized exposure protocols were obtained through an optimization study using a dry skull phantom, where four observers rated image quality taken at different exposure levels. The optimal exposure level was obtained when all included criteria were rated as acceptable or better by all observers. RESULTS: The effective dose from a bilateral examination was 184 µSv for Promax 3D and 113 µSv for LightSpeed VCT before optimization. Post optimization, the bilateral effective dose was 92 µSv for Promax 3D and 124 µSv for LightSpeed VCT. CONCLUSIONS: At optimized exposure levels, the effective dose from CBCT was comparable to MSCT.
OBJECTIVES: To compare the effective dose to patients from temporomandibular joint examinations using a dental CBCT device and a multislice CT (MSCT) device, both before and after dose optimization. METHODS: A Promax(®) 3D (Planmeca, Helsinki, Finland) dental CBCT and a LightSpeed VCT(®) (GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, UK) multislice CT were used. Organ doses and effective doses were estimated from thermoluminescent dosemeters at 61 positions inside an anthropomorphic phantom at the exposure settings in clinical use. Optimized exposure protocols were obtained through an optimization study using a dry skull phantom, where four observers rated image quality taken at different exposure levels. The optimal exposure level was obtained when all included criteria were rated as acceptable or better by all observers. RESULTS: The effective dose from a bilateral examination was 184 µSv for Promax 3D and 113 µSv for LightSpeed VCT before optimization. Post optimization, the bilateral effective dose was 92 µSv for Promax 3D and 124 µSv for LightSpeed VCT. CONCLUSIONS: At optimized exposure levels, the effective dose from CBCT was comparable to MSCT.
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