Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57747
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Use of fractal analysis in dental images: a systematic review
Authors: Camila de Nazaré Alves de Oliveira Kato
Sâmila Gonçalves Barra
Núbia Priscilla Kleperon Tavares
Tania Mara Pimenta Amaral
Cláudia Borges Brasileiro
Ricardo a. Mesquita
Lucas Guimarães de Abreu
Abstract: Objectives: This study reviewed the use of fractal analysis (FA) in dental images. Methods: A search was performed using PubMed, MEDLINE, LILACS, Web of Science and SCOPUS databases. The inclusion criteria were human studies in the English language, with no date restriction. Results: 78 articles were found in which FA was applied to panoramic radiographs (34), periapical radiographs (21), bitewing radiographs (4), cephalometric radiograph (1), cone beam CT (15), micro-CT (3), sialography (2), and ultrasound (2). Low bone mineral density (21) and systemic or local diseases (22) around the bone of dental implants were the main subjects of the study of FA. Various sizes and sites of the regions of interest were used to evaluate the bone structure. Different ways were used to treat the image and to calculate FA. FA of 43 articles showed significant differences in the comparison of groups, mainly between healthy and sick patients. Conclusions: FA in Dentistry has been widely applied to the study of images. Panoramic and periapical radiographs were those most frequently used. The Image J software and the box-counting method were extensively adopted in the studies reviewed herein. Further studies are encouraged to improve clarification of the parameters that directly influence FA.
Subject: Fractals
Radiography
Cone-beam computed tomography
Ultrasonography
Bone diseases, metabolic
Dental Implants
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE CLÍNICA
FAO - DEPARTAMENTO DE ODONTOPEDIATRIA E ORTODONTIA
Rights: Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1259/dmfr.20180457
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/57747
Issue Date: 20-Aug-2019
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.birpublications.org/doi/10.1259/dmfr.20180457?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Dentomaxillofacial Radiology
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