Table 4.
Count of average observer rating for the seven visualization tasks
| Score | Cortical bone |
Trabecular bone |
Large metallic side plate contour |
Screw thread–bone interface |
Fracture line |
Callus |
Bridging ossification |
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| Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | Radiography | CBCT | |
| 3: fair | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 3.50 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 3.75 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 4: good | 6 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 4.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 4.75 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5: excellent | 10 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CBCT, cone-beam CT.