Optimizing cone-beam computed tomography exposure for an effective radiation dose and image quality balance.

Ananda Amaral Santos Brunno Santos de Freitas Silva Fernanda Ferreira Nunes Correia Eleazar Mezaiko Camila Ferro de Souza Roriz Maria Alves Garcia Santos Silva Deborah Queiroz Freitas Fernanda Paula Yamamoto-Silva

Published in: Imaging science in dentistry (2024)

Optimized CBCT acquisition protocols can significantly reduce the effective radiation dose while maintaining acceptable image quality by adjusting the milliamperage and projection images.

Keyphrases

image quality
cone beam computed tomography
computed tomography
dual energy
deep learning
convolutional neural network
optical coherence tomography