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.