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. 2023 Jul 24;13:11921. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-38943-8

Table 2.

Linearity of QCBCT and CAL_CBCT images compared with QCT images for measuring BMD at various bone sites of interest.

Group Bone site QCT QCBCT CAL_CBCT
Mean ± SD (mg/cm3) Mean ± SD (mg/cm3) Slope r R2 SEE (mg/cm3) Mean ± SD (mg/cm3) Slope r R2 SEE (mg/cm3)
All 840.41 ± 192.69 860.06 ± 209.88 1.00 0.92 0.85 81.06 379.89 ± 125.49 0.32 0.49 0.24 109.32
A Maxilla 842.72 ± 191.08 867.99 ± 223.18 1.08 0.92 0.85 85.53 398.40 ± 124.64 0.35 0.53 0.28 105.41
Mandible 838.11 ± 194.70 852.13 ± 195.88 0.93 0.93 0.86 73.28 361.38 ± 123.88 0.29 0.46 0.21 110.00
B Mx-Apical 762.13 ± 143.77 768.34 ± 159.92 0.95 0.86 0.73 81.84 328.68 ± 104.55 0.33 0.46 0.21 92.33
Mx-Middle 807.34 ± 186.40 825.15 ± 216.57 1.09 0.94 0.88 75.71 388.77 ± 111.20 0.34 0.57 0.32 90.99
Mx-Coronal 958.68 ± 183.46 1010.49 ± 214.07 1.05 0.90 0.81 93.15 477.75 ± 111.08 0.13 0.21 0.04 107.86
C Mn-Coronal 910.29 ± 201.41 908.81 ± 208.98 0.98 0.95 0.90 66.84 423.46 ± 111.53 0.20 0.37 0.14 103.01
Mn-Middle 820.87 ± 180.51 839.34 ± 178.25 0.90 0.91 0.83 73.39 373.39 ± 117.95 0.33 0.50 0.25 101.49
Mn-Apical 783.16 ± 181.63 808.23 ± 188.05 0.94 0.91 0.83 77.08 287.29 ± 102.46 0.18 0.32 0.10 96.41
D Mx-Incisor 857.72 ± 217.62 863.49 ± 242.40 1.05 0.95 0.89 78.36 368.75 ± 139.90 0.39 0.60 0.37 110.74
Mx-Premolar 790.93 ± 173.10 835.05 ± 207.82 1.10 0.92 0.84 82.40 368.43 ± 103.36 0.31 0.52 0.27 87.95
Mx-Molar 879.50 ± 170.07 905.44 ± 215.27 1.15 0.91 0.83 88.66 458.01 ± 106.70 0.25 0.40 0.16 96.97
E Mn-Incisor 969.26 ± 216.89 965.32 ± 223.84 0.98 0.95 0.90 70.09 371.70 ± 159.45 0.33 0.45 0.21 141.04
Mn-Premolar 786.32 ± 137.42 807.98 ± 149.50 0.91 0.84 0.71 80.48 339.58 ± 100.94 0.35 0.48 0.23 88.14
Mn-Molar 758.75 ± 149.38 783.08 ± 154.69 0.93 0.90 0.81 67.00 372.84 ± 100.68 0.42 0.62 0.39 78.16

Slope, slope of the linear regression; r, correlation coefficient; R2, coefficient of determination; SEE, standard error of estimation; Mx, maxilla; Mn, mandible.