Table 5.
Image quality recorded on visual analogue scale in regions of diagnostic interest according to unit, region and motion pattern
| Unit | Region | Motion pattern |
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| Tremor | Rotation right | Rotation left | Tilting right | Tilting left | Nodding back | Nodding back + tilting left | Noding back + tilting right | Rotation left + tilting right | Rotation right + tilting left | Reference | ||
| K | Right TM | 30.0 ± 12.3 | 82.9 ± 14.8 | 84.2 ± 11.6 | 82.6 ± 12.5 | 85.3 ± 11.1 | 85.5 ± 14.1 | 79.2 ± 14.3 | 70.5 ± 26.1 | 81.3 ± 14.1 | 87.1 ± 8.9 | 85.3 ± 12.7 |
| Left TM | 13.4 ± 8.6 | 77.6 ± 9.9 | 79.7 ± 7.6 | 76.6 ± 5.3 | 80.8 ± 6.7 | 79.7 ± 11.3 | 70.8 ± 10.5 | 70.0 ± 26.8 | 76.3 ± 9.9 | 80.5 ± 5.3 | 85.3 ± 13.7 | |
| Right MF | 21.6 ± 12.3 | 78.9 ± 13.7 | 81.0 ± 12.2 | 82.1 ± 6.8 | 81.3 ± 14.1 | 77.1 ± 15.6 | 70.3 ± 8.4 | 73.4 ± 19.1 | 79.2 ± 14.4 | 83.4 ± 9.3 | 83.4 ± 12.3 | |
| Left MF | 8.2 ± 7.3 | 80.0 ± 11.5 | 78.2 ± 15.7 | 62.4 ± 8.2 | 62.4 ± 12.5 | 60.0 ± 11.6 | 61.3 ± 10.9 | 51.8 ± 4.7 | 63.7 ± 13.4 | 80.0 ± 11.4 | 83.9 ± 12.5 | |
| P | Right TM | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 87.4 ± 7.0 | 90.5 ± 6.2 | 90.5 ± 6.7 | 92.1 ± 6.0 | 91.8 ± 6.5 | 83.4 ± 10.6 | 89.7 ± 8.7 | 89.2 ± 10.8 | 87.6 ± 10.6 | 93.7 ± 6.4 |
| Left TM | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 79.7 ± 8.2 | 87.4 ± 8.2 | 90.0 ± 7.7 | 89.0 ± 9.2 | 89.7 ± 9.1 | 87.6 ± 8.1 | 88.2 ± 6.4 | 87.4 ± 12.7 | 85.0 ± 7.5 | 86.8 ± 13.8 | |
| Right MF | 1.0 ± 0.0 | 67.4 ± 13.5 | 73.4 ± 13.6 | 78.2 ± 5.6 | 74.7 ± 6.3 | 83.9 ± 7.6 | 69.7 ± 4.1 | 74.2 ± 4.7 | 80.5 ± 7.4 | 67.9 ± 13.1 | 88.7 ± 8.0 | |
| Left MF | 1.3 ± 0.5 | 80.5 ± 5.6 | 85.3 ± 8.5 | 86.6 ± 8.6 | 81.0 ± 6.1 | 87.6 ± 8.6 | 83.4 ± 11.8 | 83.4 ± 12.4 | 87.6 ± 12.8 | 80.5 ± 11.7 | 89.2 ± 7.4 | |
| S | Right TM | 22.9 ± 36.7 | 89.2 ± 5.7 | 92.6 ± 3.1 | 69.2 ± 10.3 | 70.0 ± 10.3 | 63.4 ± 12.0 | 53.7 ± 16.3 | 68.2 ± 12.9 | 87.6 ± 11.9 | 94.2 ± 6.3 | 92.1 ± 3.6 |
| Left TM | 8.9 ± 6.2 | 85.8 ± 8.6 | 89.5 ± 3.3 | 78.4 ± 11.0 | 82.4 ± 12.8 | 80.0 ± 15.0 | 58.7 ± 18.3 | 82.1 ± 11.9 | 81.0 ± 7.4 | 73.9 ± 3.5 | 89.2 ± 4.3 | |
| Right MF | 23.2 ± 21.3 | 82.9 ± 16.0 | 89.2 ± 6.9 | 70.8 ± 11.4 | 73.7 ± 11.5 | 60.5 ± 13.7 | 59.1 ± 23.1 | 66.8 ± 14.8 | 84.7 ± 11.7 | 82.4 ± 13.2 | 90.8 ± 2.2 | |
| Left MF | 21.0 ± 21.1 | 83.2 ± 16.3 | 83.7 ± 4.2 | 77.4 ± 9.8 | 81.0 ± 12.2 | 75.0 ± 16.8 | 24.7 ± 12.9 | 39.5 ± 14.3 | 33.7 ± 18.0 | 30.5 ± 19.2 | 88.7 ± 3.8 | |
| OA | Right TM | 18.1 ± 23.8 | 86.5 ± 9.5 | 89.1 ± 8.0 | 80.8 ± 13.0 | 82.5 ± 12.9 | 80.3 ± 16.3 | 72.1 ± 18.6 | 76.1 ± 18.8 | 86.0 ± 11.7 | 89.6 ± 8.6 | 90.4 ± 8.5 |
| Left TM | 8.0 ± 7.5 | 81.0 ± 8.8 | 85.5 ± 7.5 | 81.7 ± 9.8 | 84.0 ± 9.6 | 83.2 ± 11.9 | 72.4 ± 17.1 | 80.1 ± 17.5 | 81.6 ± 10.1 | 79.8 ± 7.0 | 87.1 ± 10.5 | |
| Right MF | 15.3 ± 16.6 | 76.4 ± 14.8 | 81.2 ± 12.2 | 77.0 ± 9.0 | 76.6 ± 10.6 | 73.9 ± 15.5 | 66.4 ± 14.0 | 71.5 ± 13.3 | 81.5 ± 10.7 | 77.9 ± 13.1 | 87.6 ± 8.4 | |
| Left MF | 10.2 ± 14.5 | 81.2 ± 10.9 | 82.4 ± 10.1 | 75.4 ± 13.2 | 74.8 ± 13.4 | 74.2 ± 16.5 | 56.5 ± 27.5 | 58.2 ± 21.9 | 61.7 ± 26.7 | 63.7 ± 27.8 | 87.3 ± 8.2 | |
K, eXam (KaVo Dental GmbH, Biberach, Germany); MF, mental foramen; OA, overall; P, ProMax 3D MAX (Planmeca Oy, Helsinki, Finland); S, Scanora® 3D (Soredex Oy, Tuusula, Finland); TM, third molar.