Hugo Gaêta-Araujo1,2, Tamara Alzoubi1, Karla de Faria Vasconcelos1, Kaan Orhan1,3, Ruben Pauwels4,5, Jan W Casselman6, Reinhilde Jacobs1,7. 1. OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven and Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 2. Department of Oral Diagnosis, Division of Oral Radiology, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 3. Department of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology, Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Medical Physics & Quality Assessment Department of Imaging & Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 5. Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. 6. AZ Sint-Jan Brugge-Oostende, Radiology, Brugge, Belgium. 7. Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate and summarise features of currently and formerly available cone beam CT (CBCT) devices from 1996 to 2019. Additionally, a recommendation for standardised reporting of CBCT characteristics was provided. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Information about the features of all available CBCT devices was obtained from the manufacturers' available data. Moreover, site visits to newly developed CBCT machines' manufacturers were performed in order to obtain relevant information. RESULTS: A total of 279 CBCT models from 47 manufacturers located in 12 countries (Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Thailand, and USA) could be listed. Overall, wide variations in CBCT features and technical specifications were identified. CONCLUSIONS: CBCT in dentomaxillofacial radiology is a generic term applicable to a broad range of CBCT machines and features. Experimental outcomes and literature statements regarding radiation doses, imaging performance and diagnostic applicability of dental CBCT cannot be simply transferred from one CBCT model to another considering a wide variation in technical characteristics and clinical diagnostic performance. The information tabulated in the present study will be later provided on the International Association of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology website (www.iadmfr.one).
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate and summarise features of currently and formerly available cone beam CT (CBCT) devices from 1996 to 2019. Additionally, a recommendation for standardised reporting of CBCT characteristics was provided. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Information about the features of all available CBCT devices was obtained from the manufacturers' available data. Moreover, site visits to newly developed CBCT machines' manufacturers were performed in order to obtain relevant information. RESULTS: A total of 279 CBCT models from 47 manufacturers located in 12 countries (Brazil, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Thailand, and USA) could be listed. Overall, wide variations in CBCT features and technical specifications were identified. CONCLUSIONS: CBCT in dentomaxillofacial radiology is a generic term applicable to a broad range of CBCT machines and features. Experimental outcomes and literature statements regarding radiation doses, imaging performance and diagnostic applicability of dental CBCT cannot be simply transferred from one CBCT model to another considering a wide variation in technical characteristics and clinical diagnostic performance. The information tabulated in the present study will be later provided on the International Association of DentoMaxilloFacial Radiology website (www.iadmfr.one).
Authors: Daniel Almeida Ferreira Barbosa; Diego Santiago de Mendonça; Francisco Samuel Rodrigues de Carvalho; Lúcio Mitsuo Kurita; Paulo Goberlânio de Barros Silva; Frederico Sampaio Neves; Fábio Wildson Gurgel Costa Journal: Oral Radiol Date: 2021-02-20 Impact factor: 1.852
Authors: Hugo Gaêta-Araujo; André Ferreira Leite; Karla de Faria Vasconcelos; Reinhilde Jacobs Journal: Dentomaxillofac Radiol Date: 2021-02-15 Impact factor: 2.419