Janhom A, van der Stelt P F, van Ginkel F C, Geraets W G
Department of Oral Radiology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), The Netherlands.
Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 1999 Jan;28(1):6-12. doi: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600397.
To determine the effect of noise on the compressibility and the diagnostic accuracy for caries detection of digital bitewing radiographs.
Bitewing radiographs of patients were obtained with a storage phosphor (Digora, Soredex, Helsinki, Finland) and compressed at different JPEG compression levels (2, 27, 53 and 128). A just noticeable difference study was performed to select a compression level to study the added noise effect. Gaussian noise was added at low, medium, and high levels to both the original and compressed images. Seven observers examined the selected approximal surfaces to identify the caries depth. ROC analysis was performed together with ANOVA at P = 0.05.
The compressibility of the images decreased as the noise level increased. ROC analysis revealed no significant difference between the original and compressed images within the same noise level (P > 0.06). With added noise compressed/decompressed images had a higher Az than the corresponding original images.
JPEG compression at level 27 can be used without a significant deterioration in diagnostic accuracy. Compression at this level seemed to reduce the effect of noise to some extent.
确定噪声对数字咬合翼片X线片的可压缩性及龋病检测诊断准确性的影响。
使用存储磷光体(Digora,Soredex,芬兰赫尔辛基)获取患者的咬合翼片X线片,并在不同的JPEG压缩水平(2、27、53和128)下进行压缩。进行一项恰可察觉差研究以选择一个压缩水平来研究附加噪声的影响。对原始图像和压缩图像均添加低、中、高三种水平的高斯噪声。七名观察者检查所选邻面以确定龋病深度。在P = 0.05时进行ROC分析并结合方差分析。
图像的可压缩性随噪声水平的增加而降低。ROC分析显示,在相同噪声水平下,原始图像和压缩图像之间无显著差异(P > 0.06)。添加噪声的压缩/解压缩图像的Az值高于相应的原始图像。
可以使用27级的JPEG压缩,而不会使诊断准确性显著下降。该水平的压缩似乎在一定程度上降低了噪声的影响。