Q # 2,FEBRUARY 2020, PART II

Q:

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT PARAMETERS OF CONE BEAM IMAGING ?

ANSWER :

THREE IMPORTANT PARAMETERS OF CONE BEAM IMAGING ARE

• Voxel size
• Field of view (fov)
• Slice thickness/measurement accuracy

1. VOXEL SIZE
 Voxels are cuboidal elements that constitute a 3D volume, unlike
pixels, which are 2D.
 Data are acquired and represented in three dimensions using voxels,
Unlike with medical computed tomography (MDCT).
 cone beam units acquire x-ray information using low kV and low mA
exposure parameters in a single pass from 180 to 360 degrees of
rotation around the anatomy of interest.

2. FIELD OF VIEW (FOV)

 FOV refers to the anatomical area that will be included in the data
volume ,or the area of the patient that will be irradiated .
 The field of view (FOV) ranges from as small as a portion of a dental
arch to an area as large as the entire head.
 The selection of the FOV depends on several factors ,Among the most
important are the following:
 Diagnostic task
 Type of patient
 Spatial resolution requirements
 3. SLICE THICKNESS/MEASUREMENT ACCURACY

 The precise location and visualization of dental anomalies, root morphology,

and canal anatomy are vastly improved with CBCT data. Root curvature,
additional roots, and anomalies within the canals themselves (e.g.,
obstructions, narrowing, bifurcation) are made more apparent when all three
anatomic planes of section are available for review,
 especially with the capability of narrowing the slice thickness to as little as
0.075 mm.
 Visual obstruction from anatomic features such as buccal bone and the malar
process over the apices of maxillary roots simply will “disappear” when you
can scroll through the slices of the bone from facial to palatal in 0.076 mm
sections while also changing axial orientations

REFRENCE
PATHWAYS OF THE PULP 12TH EDITION CHAPTER 2,
RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION