Image sharpening improves the visibility of reference points on low-dose lateral cephalometric radiographs: a phantom study
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2026
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Abstract
This phantom study aimed to determine whether a novel non-artificial intelligence image-sharpening approach improves the visibility of reference points on low-dose lateral cephalometric radiographs. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were obtained using an adult human bone phantom at 100% of the routine dose. Low-dose imaging was performed using 60, 40, and 20% of the routine dose. Each low-dose image underwent a two-level image-sharpening process using the Medical Image Enhancer software. Six reviewers evaluated the visibility of the five reference points in the first and second sets of sharpened and 100% radiation-dose images. Using Scheffé's method of paired comparisons, odds ratios (OR) were reported as relative values for a standard cephalometric radiograph (100% radiation-dose) to compare the visibility of reference points among imaging conditions. For the first set of mildly sharpened 60%-dose images, the ORs for the four reference points were > 1.0, Point A (OR 1.12, p = 0.83), Nasion (OR 2.26, p = 0.11), posterior nasal spine (OR 2.35, p = 0.1), and incisal edge of the maxillary central incisor (OR 1.35, p = 0.53), indicating visibility comparable to or better than the 100%-dose images. For the second set of markedly sharpened images, rated visibility was significantly higher for all reference points at 60% and 40% doses and for several reference points at 20% dose. Image-sharpening algorithms improved the visibility of reference points on low-dose phantom radiographs, suggesting their technical feasibility as a post-acquisition approach for dose-reduced cephalometric imaging.
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| Authors | Ikuho Kojima, Arata Ito, Yusuke Shimada, Naoko Tagaino Watanabe, Manami Ikawa, Shu Onodera, Hiroyasu Kanetaka, Masahiro Iikubo |
| Journal | dentomaxillofacial radiology |
| Year | 2026 |
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10.1093/dmfr/twag047
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