Effects of JPEG compression in quantitative digital radiographic subtraction of simulated bone loss

In order to evaluate the effect of JPEG compression in quantitative digital radiographic subtraction, 12 periapical x-rays of the lower molar region were digitized at 300 dpi and 8 bits, duplicated and saved as two subsets of images labelled 'A' and 'B' using the JPEG level 12 fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Winck Mahl, Carlos Eduardo, Gegler, Aderson, Porto Alegre Braga, Camila, Xavier Machado, Liana, Fontanella, Vania
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/103372
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/RevistadaFaculdadeOdontologia/article/view/103372
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Radiografia dentária
Intensificação de imagem radiográfica
Perda óssea alveolar
Radiography dental
Radiographic image enhancement
Alveolar bone loss
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Sumario:In order to evaluate the effect of JPEG compression in quantitative digital radiographic subtraction, 12 periapical x-rays of the lower molar region were digitized at 300 dpi and 8 bits, duplicated and saved as two subsets of images labelled 'A' and 'B' using the JPEG level 12 format. Areas simulating bone loss (1%, 3% and 5%) were digitally demarcated in the 'B' subset of images. All the images were reproduced digitally and saved using JPEG 10, 8, 6 and 4 compressions. For each compression tested, image subtraction was pezformd and the mean density and standard deviation of the gray levels was measured. The quantitative digital radiographic subtraction, using the Image Tool software application, was not affected by compression JPEG level 10. Although levels 8 and 6 allow the detection of changes in density, they tend to result in overestimation of the bone loss.