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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Investigation of the optimal tube voltage kV exposure parameters for general X-ray of dental cone-beam computed tomography: A cephalometric view

James Anthony Rabba1,2* ,  Godwin Irinam Efenji2,3 ,  Felix Omachoko Uloko2 ,  Dauda Biodun Amuda4,5 ,  Hanis Arina Jaafar1 ,  Fatanah Mohamad Suhaimi1 ,  Noor Diyana Osman1
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1 Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, SAINS@Bertam, Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia
2 Department of Physics, Federal University Lokoja, PMB Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria
3 School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
4 Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
5 Department of Radiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria
ARNM 2024, 2(2), 2972 https://doi.org/10.36922/arnm.2972
Submitted: 20 February 2024 | Accepted: 30 May 2024 | Published: 19 June 2024
© 2024 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate and optimize the effect of different exposure parameters on the reduction of noise and radiation dose and to find the optimal balance among tube voltage, tube current, and exposure time for the latest-generation cone-beam computed tomography system (CBCT) at Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, using the dose area product (DAP) meter. The DAP meter was attached to the X-ray detector of the CBCT device to cover the entire irradiated area and then connected to a Raysafe electrometer. The DAP meter was scanned with the following exposure parameter: constant tube voltage of 70 kV with a varying tube current ranging from 5 mA – 16 mA and then at a constant tube current of 10mA and a varying tube voltage ranging from 60 kV – 80 kV. For each scanning protocol, the noise was determined. At constant tube voltage and varying tube current, the noise level ranged from 41.99 – 82.16, while at constant tube current and varying tube voltage, the noise level ranged from 50.66 – 60.76 with equal exposure time. A 0.09% increase in noise was observed when the tube voltage was varied. Therefore, low noise protocols should consist of a reduction in the tube current setting rather than a reduction in peak voltage (kVp), as this would result in a smaller level of noise and consequently less quality degradation in the image.

Keywords
Noise
Dose area product
Cone-beam computed tomography
Image quality
X-ray
Cephalometry
Funding
None.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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