Can gray values derived from CT and cone beam CT estimate new bone formation? An in vivo study.

Farshid BastamiShahriar ShahabAzin ParsaFatemeh Mashhadi AbbasMohammad Hadi Noori KooshkiMahshid NamdariHamidreza Azimi LisarTohid RafieiFarahnaz FahimipourMajid SalehiMaissa Jafari

Published in: Oral and maxillofacial surgery (2017)

According to the results, both HU/CT and GV/CBCT can be considered as fairly good predictors for assessment of the amount of NBF following bone reconstruction surgeries.

Keyphrases

image quality
dual energy
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
cone beam
positron emission tomography
postmenopausal women
cone beam computed tomography