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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 440-445 |
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Artifacts: The downturn of CBCT image
Anil Kumar Nagarajappa1, Neha Dwivedi1, Rana Tiwari2
1 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
2 Department of Orthodontica and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Neha Dwivedi
MIG-B-2, Hitkarini Dental College, Dumna Road, Jabalpur. .. 482. 001, Madhya Pradesh,
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2231-0762.170523
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Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been accepted as a useful tool for diagnosis and treatment planning in dentistry. Despite a growing trend of CBCT in dentistry, it has some disadvantages like artifacts. Artifacts are discrepancies between the reconstructed visual image and the actual content of the subject which degrade the quality of CBCT images, making them diagnostically unusable. Additionally, structures that do not exist in the subject may appear within images. Such structures can occur because of patient motion, the image capture and reconstruction process. To optimize image quality, it is necessary to understand the types of artifacts. This article aims to throw light on the various types of artifacts associated with CBCT images. |
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