Comparison of the amount of artifacts induced by zirconium and titanium implants in cone-beam computed tomography images

Table 2 Comparison of the amount of artifacts induced by study groups in large and small FOVs

Implant’s type	Resolution	FOV	Gray value (mean ± SD)	Mean difference ± SE	P-value*
Zirconium	High (133 µ voxel size)	Small	1566.10 ± 0.77	315.07 ± 18.11	< 0.001
	High (133 µ voxel size)	Large	1251.02 ± 62.74	315.07 ± 18.11	< 0.001
	Low (200 µ voxel size)	Small	1434.46 ± 0.9	105.40 ± 10.52	< 0.001
	Low (200 µ voxel size)	Large	1329.05 ± 36.43	105.40 ± 10.52	< 0.001
Titanium	High (133 µ voxel size)	Small	467.44 ± 143.7	145.28 ± 71.28	0.212
	High (133 µ voxel size)	Large	322.16 ± 200.75	145.28 ± 71.28	0.212
	Low (200 µ voxel size)	Small	373.28 ± 117.65	60.75 ± 59.02	0.281
	Low (200 µ voxel size)	Large	312.53 ± 167.23	60.75 ± 59.02	0.281

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