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Table 2 The trabecular bone structural parameters measured by using dental CBCT and micro-CT

From: Trabecular bone structural parameters evaluated using dental cone-beam computed tomography: cellular synthetic bones

Group

1

2

3

4

Density

0.12 g/cm3

0.16 g/cm3

0.20 g/cm3

0.32 g/cm3

 

Parameter

Mean

Mean

Mean

Mean

(unit)

±SD (CV%)

±SD (CV%)

±SD (CV%)

±SD (CV%)

dental CBCT

BV/TV

0.3813

0.4171

0.4495

0.5041

(%)

±0.0365 (9.58)

±0.0298 (7.15)

±0.0344 (7.65)

±0.0346 (6.86)

BS/BV

3.8478

4.3609

4.5422

5.4714

(mm-1)

±0.1903 (4.95)

±0.2119 (4.86)

±0.2842 (6.26)

±0.3903 (7.13)

Tb.Th.

1.0155

0.8774

0.8249

0.6434

(mm)

±0.0514 (5.06)

±0.0390 (4.44)

±0.0375 (4.55)

±0.0313 (4.86)

Tb.Sp.

1.8209

1.3698

1.1385

0.7184

(mm)

±0.0947 (5.20)

±0.0356 (2.60)

±0.0312 (2.74)

±0.0288 (4.01)

micro-CT

BV/TV

0.1603

0.1949

0.2589

0.3590

(%)

±0.0151 (9.42)

±0.0065 (3.34)

±0.0122 (4.72)

±0.0056 (1.56)

BS/BV

9.4327

10.4456

11.6841

11.4896

(mm-1)

±0.4077 (4.32)

±0.2628 (2.52)

±0.3627 (3.10)

±0.1631 (1.42)

Tb.Th.

0.4169

0.3734

0.3280

0.3123

(mm)

±0.0160 (3.83)

±0.0117 (3.14)

±0.0078 (2.37)

±0.0037 (1.18)

Tb.Sp.

2.2985

1.7038

1.0578

0.7064

(mm)

±0.2143 (9.32)

±0.0920 (5.40)

±0.0392 (3.71)

±0.0532 (7.53)

  1. SD, Standard deviation; CV, Coefficient of variation (SD/Mean); BV/TV, Bone volume fraction; BS/BV, Specific bone surface; Tb.Th., Trabecular thickness; Tb.Sp., Trabecular separation.