Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2006. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Diss. med. dent. Zürich (kein Austausch). / Literaturverz.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 145 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-145).

The fluorinase enzyme, originally isolated from Streptomyces cattleya, has the unique ability to generate a C–F bond from aqueous fluoride ion and S-adenosylmethionine, making the fluorinase an attractive biochemical tool for radiolabelling biomolecules with fluorine-18 for application to positron emission tomography (PET). The inherent substrate specificity of the enzyme is, however, limiting, as only small modifications to the natural nucleoside substrate were known to be tolerated. This thesis describes an exploration and expansion of the substrate scope of the fluorinase enzyme, and its application to radiolabelling biomolecules for PET. The design and synthesis of a novel acetylene bearing substrate for the fluorinase, 5'-chloro-5'-deoxy-2-ethynyladenosine (ClDEA) is described. ClDEA proved an excellent substrate for the fluorinase, and the kinetics of the transformation and binding affinities of the new substrate and product were investigated. The fluorinated acetylenic product was demonstrated to undergo a copper-catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction with an azide bearing RGD peptide, and this methodology was investigated for the synthesis of a novel fluorine-18-bearing prosthetic group for the synthesis of a radiolabelled RGD peptide, which was assessed in vivo in a rat. After the demonstration that the fluorinase can be used for “last step” radiolabelling of bioactive peptides, the synthesis of dimeric and tetrameric RGD-bearing substrates for the fluorinase was investigated. These large constructs underwent efficient enzymatic fluorination, and the fluorinated products showed increased binding affinity to their targets, compared to monomeric analogues. The challenges encountered during radiolabelling of these multimers with fluorine-18 using the fluorinase are discussed. A difluoromethyl-bearing nucleoside substrate (F₂DA) was synthesised as a potential substrate in the reverse direction for the fluorinase, to further probe the substrate specificity if the fluorinase. Upon incubation with the enzyme, F₂DA did not appear to undergo reaction, despite the demonstration that F₂DA binds to the enzyme. Finally, the optimisation of a fluorinase-based protocol for the synthesis of the PET radiotracer [¹⁸F]fluoroacetate is described. The enzymatic method proved unsuitable for a small animal study due to contamination of the final product, and a chemical method was investigated and optimised as an alternative approach. [¹⁸F]Fluoroacetate synthesised using the developed chemical method was employed in an in vivo evaluation of acetyl CoA synthetase (ACSS2) activity in healthy and tumour-bearing mouse models, in an study to assess the activity of ACSS2 in breast and colon cancer models in mice.

abstract: Computed tomography (CT) is one of the essential imaging modalities for medical diagnosis. Since its introduction in 1972, CT technology has been improved dramatically, especially in terms of its acquisition speed. However, the main principle of CT which consists in acquiring only density information has not changed at all until recently. Different materials may have the same CT number, which may lead to uncertainty or misdiagnosis. Dual-energy CT (DECT) was reintroduced recently to solve this problem by using the additional spectral information of X-ray attenuation and aims for accurate density measurement and material differentiation. However, the spectral information lies in the difference between two low and high energy images or measurements, so that it is difficult to acquire the accurate spectral information due to amplification of high pixel noise in the resulting difference image. In this work, a new model and an image enhancement technique for DECT are proposed, based on the fact that the attenuation of a high density material decreases more rapidly as X-ray energy increases. This fact has been previously ignored in most of DECT image enhancement techniques. The proposed technique consists of offset correction, spectral error correction, and adaptive noise suppression. It reduced noise, improved contrast effectively and showed better material differentiation in real patient images as well as phantom studies. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Bioengineering 2011

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease, principally manifest as myocardial infarction or stroke, is the dominant cause of death worldwide and despite therapeutic advances, the global burden of these conditions continues to increase. In order to address this ongoing disease burden, there is a clear need to more effectively target the use of existing and novel diagnostic investigations and medical therapies. Emerging cardiovascular biomarkers include the biochemical, such as high-sensitivity cardiac troponin, and the radiological, such as computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) and 18Ffluoride positron emission tomography (PET). Cardiac troponins can now be reliably quantified in clinically stable or asymptomatic populations and provide information about myocardial pathophysiology, whilst CTCA can non-invasively quantify atherosclerotic burden and 18F-fluoride PET imaging offers insight into plaque vulnerability. Improved targeting of diagnostic investigations requires more reliable estimation of pre-test probability of coronary disease whilst optimizing the use of pharmacological or interventional treatments requires more accurate prognostic stratification. Achieving both objectives in an equitable manner across all population groups will depend upon updated clinical guidelines containing improved risk models and enhanced management pathways. The objective of this thesis was to investigate the potential clinical benefit of novel approaches to the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of coronary heart disease. EVALUATION OF THE 2016 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE (NICE) GUIDANCE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF SUSPECTED STABLE ANGINA. A post-hoc analysis was undertaken of the Scottish COmputed Tomography of the HEART (SCOT-HEART) trial of 4,146 participants with suspected angina randomised to assessment with computed tomography coronary angiography or standard care. Patients were dichotomised according to guideline definitions into groups representing possible angina and non-anginal presentations. The primary (diagnostic) endpoint was diagnostic certainty of angina at 6 weeks and the prognostic endpoint comprised fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction. In 3,770 eligible participants, CTCA increased diagnostic certainty more in those with possible angina (relative risk [RR] 2.22 (95% CI 1.91-2.60), p < 0.001) than those with non-anginal symptoms (RR 1.30 (1.11-1.53), p=0.002; pinteraction < 0.001). In the possible angina cohort, CTCA did not change rates of invasive angiography (p=0.481) but markedly reduced rates of normal coronary angiography (hazard ratio [HR] 0.32 (0.19-0.52), p < 0.001). In the non-anginal cohort, rates of invasive angiography increased (HR 1.82 (1.13-2.92), p=0.014) without reducing rates of normal coronary angiography (HR 0.78 (0.30-2.05), p=0.622). At 3.2 years of follow-up, fatal or nonfatal MI was reduced in patients with possible angina (3.2% to 1.9%; HR 0.58 (0.34- 0.99), p=0.045) but not in those with non-anginal symptoms (HR 0.65 (0.25-1.69), p=0.379). Overall the updated NICE guidance on patient assessment maximises the benefits of CTCA with respect to diagnostic certainty, the use of invasive coronary angiography, and reductions in fatal and non-fatal myocardial infarction. Patients with non-anginal chest pain derive minimal benefit from CTCA, which instead increases rates of invasive investigation. EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF THE PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER IMAGING STUDY FOR EVALUATION OF CHEST PAIN (PROMISE) TOOL FOR DETERMINING MINIMAL-RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. The PROspective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of chest pain (PROMISE) minimal-risk tool was recently developed to identify patients with suspected stable angina at very low risk of coronary artery disease and clinical events. The external validity of this tool was investigated within the context of the Scottish Computed Tomography of the HEART multicenter randomised controlled trial of patients with suspected stable angina due to coronary artery disease. Model discrimination and calibration was determined amongst 1,764 patients in whom complete CCTA data were available and compared with the European Society of Cardiology guideline-endorsed Coronary Artery Disease Consortium (CADC) risk score. The PROMISE minimal-risk tool improved discrimination compared with the CADC model (c-statistic 0.785 vs 0.730, p < 0.001) and was improved further following re-estimation of covariate coefficients (c-statistic 0.805, p < 0.001). Model calibration was initially poor (c2 197.6, Hosmer-Lemeshow [HL] p < 0.001), with significant overestimation of probability of minimal risk, but improved significantly following revision of the PROMISE minimal-risk intercept and covariate coefficients (c2 5.6, HL p=0.692). HIGH-SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE In a pre-specified sub-study of the Scottish COmputed Tomography of the Heart trial, plasma cardiac troponin was measured using a high-sensitivity single molecule counting assay in 943 adults with suspected stable angina who had undergone coronary computed tomography angiography. Rates of obstructive coronary artery disease were compared with the pre-test probability determined by the European Society of Cardiology Coronary Artery Disease Consortium risk model with and without cardiac troponin concentrations. External validation was undertaken in an independent study population from Denmark comprising 487 patients with suspected stable angina. Higher cardiac troponin concentrations were associated with obstructive coronary artery disease with a 5-fold increase across quintiles (9 to 48%, p < 0.001) independent of known cardiovascular risk factors (odds ratio [OR] 1.35 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.25-1.46] per doubling of troponin). Cardiac troponin concentrations improved the discrimination of the ESC model for identifying obstructive coronary artery disease (c-statistic 0.785 to 0.800, p=0.003) and improved classification into ESCrecommended categories of clinical risk (net reclassification improvement 0.143 [95% CI, 0.093-0.193]). The revised model achieved similar improvements in discrimination and net reclassification when applied in the external validation cohort. HIGH-SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN I IN CARDIOVASCULAR RISK STRATIFICATION OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND HEIGHTENED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK. The association between plasma high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I concentration and cardiovascular events in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heightened cardiovascular risk was examined within the context of a double-blind randomised controlled trial of inhaled corticosteroids and bronchodilators (1 placebo arm and 3 different treatment arms). Plasma cardiac troponin I concentrations were measured with a high-sensitivity assay in a subgroup of 1,599 patients. The cardiovascular endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, unstable angina and transient ischaemic attack during follow-up of 1.5 years. Baseline plasma cardiac troponin I concentrations were above the lower limit of detection (1.0 ng/L) in 1,559 (97.5%) patients and were unaffected by inhaled therapies at 3 months (p > 0.05 for all). Compared with the lowest tertile (cardiac troponin I ≤3.0 ng/L), patients in the highest tertile (≥ 5.5 ng/L) were at greater risk of cardiovascular events (hazard ratio 3.0, 95% confidence interval 1.5 to 6.2, p=0.002) and cardiovascular death (hazard ratio 9.6, 95% confidence interval 2.6 to 35.6, p < 0.001) after adjustment for cardiovascular risk factors. There were no differences in COPD exacerbations between tertiles even after adjustment (p > 0.05). / REPRODUCIBILITY OF CORONARY 18F-FLUORIDE PET-CT IMAGING The inter-observer and scan-rescan reproducibility of coronary 18F-fluoride PET-CT imaging was investigated in 20 patients with clinically stable but high risk multi-vessel coronary artery disease who underwent repeated 18F-fluoride PET-CT scans 11.5±4.5 days apart. Scan analysis using the currently accepted approach of normalisation to a referent coronary segment (TBRREFERENT) identified 10 (50%) patients with evidence of focal coronary 18F-fluoride uptake and demonstrated moderate agreement across observers on a per-patient level (k = 0.56). This was similar to the level of agreement achieved with visual assessment alone (k = 0.64). Reproducibility was improved by semi-quantitative reporting combining visual assessment with a threshold uptake value for determining the presence of tracer uptake (k = 0.84). Using the optimised approach achieved excellent agreement on overall segmental uptake counts (intra-class correlation = 0.97). CONCLUSION: Cardiovascular diagnostic and prognostic assessments represent a complex endeavour and established tools for risk prediction can demonstrate suboptimal predictive accuracy when evaluated in patient cohorts that are independent of the population used for model derivation.

BACKGROUND Aortic stenosis is a common and potentially fatal condition in which fibro-calcific changes within the valve leaflets lead to the obstruction of blood flow. Severe symptomatic stenosis is an indication for aortic valve replacement and timely referral is essential to prevent adverse clinical events. Calcification is believed to represent the central process driving disease progression. 18F-Fluoride positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET-CT) and CT aortic valve calcium scoring (CT-AVC) quantify calcification activity and burden respectively. The overarching aim of this thesis was to evaluate the applications of these techniques to the study and management of aortic stenosis. METHODS AND RESULTS REPRODUCIBILITY The scan-rescan reproducibility of 18F-fluoride PET-CT and CT-AVC were investigated in 15 patients with mild, moderate and severe aortic stenosis who underwent repeated 18F-fluoride PET-CT scans 3.9±3.3 weeks apart. Modified techniques enhanced image quality and facilitated clear localization of calcification activity. Percentage error was reduced from ±63% to ±10% (tissue-to-background ratio most-diseased segment (MDS) mean of 1.55, bias -0.05, limits of agreement - 0·20 to +0·11). Excellent scan-rescan reproducibility was also observed for CT-AVC scoring (mean of differences 2% [limits of agreement, 16 to -12%]). AORTIC VALVE CALCIUM SCORE: SINGLE CENTRE STUDY Sex-specific CT-AVC thresholds (2065 in men and 1271 in women) have been proposed as a flow-independent technique for diagnosing severe aortic stenosis. In a prospective cohort study, the impact of CT-AVC scores upon echocardiographic measures of severity, disease progression and aortic valve replacement (AVR)/death were examined. Volunteers (20 controls, 20 with aortic sclerosis, 25 with mild, 33 with moderate and 23 with severe aortic stenosis) underwent CT-AVC and echocardiography at baseline and again at either 1 or 2-year time-points. Women required less calcification than men for the same degree of stenosis (p < 0.001). Baseline CT-AVC measurements appeared to provide the best prediction of subsequent disease progression. After adjustment for age, sex, peak aortic jet velocity (Vmax) ≥ 4m/s and aortic valve area (AVA) < 1 cm2, the published CT-AVC thresholds were the only independent predictor of AVR/death (hazard ratio = 6.39, 95% confidence intervals, 2.90-14.05, p < 0.001). AORTIC VALVE CALCIUM SCORE: MULTICENTRE STUDY CT-AVC thresholds were next examined in an international multicenter registry incorporating a wide range of patient populations, scanner vendors and analysis platforms. Eight centres contributed data from 918 patients (age 77±10, 60% male, Vmax 3.88±0.90 m/s) who had undergone ECG-gated CT within 3 months of echocardiography. Of these 708 (77%) had concordant echocardiographic assessments, in whom our own optimum sex-specific CT-AVC thresholds (women 1377, men 2062 AU) were nearly identical to those previously published. These thresholds provided excellent discrimination for severe stenosis (c-statistic: women 0.92, men 0.88) and independently predicted AVR and death after adjustment for age, sex, Vmax ≥4 m/s and AVA < 1 cm2 (hazards ratio, 3.02 [95% confidence intervals, 1.83-4.99], p < 0.001). In patients with discordant echocardiographic assessments (n=210), CT-AVC thresholds predicted an adverse prognosis. BICUSPID AORTIC VALVES Within the multicentre study, higher continuity-derived estimates of aortic valve area were observed in patients with bicuspid valves (n=68, 1.07±0.35 cm) compared to those with tri-leaflet valves (0.89±0.36 cm p < 0.001,). This was despite no differences in measurements of Vmax (p=0.152), or CT-AVC scores (p=0.313). The accuracy of AVA measurments in bicuspid valves was therefore tested against alternative markers of disease severity. AVA measurements in bicuspid valves demonstrated extremely weak associations with CT-AVC scores (r2=0.08, p=0.02) and failed to correlate with downstream markers of disease severity in the valve and myocardium and against clinical outcomes. AVA measurements in bicuspid patients also failed to independently predict AVR/death after adjustment for Vmax ≥4 m/s, age and gender. In this population CT-AVC thresholds (women 1377, men 2062 AU) again provided excellent discrimination for severe stenosis. CONCLUSIONS Optimised 18F-fluoride PET-CT scans quantify and localise calcification activity, consolidating its potential as a biomarker or end-point in clinical trials of novel therapies. CT calcium scoring of aortic valves is a reproducible technique, which provides diagnostic clarity in addition to powerful prediction of disease progression and adverse clinical events.

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-02-14T13:32:22Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertacao LUANA OSÓRIO FERNANDES.pdf: 1894600 bytes, checksum: 262777160a929e18e667f73cb8233ae7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-14T13:32:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertacao LUANA OSÓRIO FERNANDES.pdf: 1894600 bytes, checksum: 262777160a929e18e667f73cb8233ae7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-11 / Este estudo avaliouo desempenho daTomografia de Coerência Ópticaem1325nmcomoum método não invasivopara medir a profundidadedo sulco gengivalde indivíduossaudáveisem comparação comsondasperiodontaistradicionais emumambiente clínico.Dois observadoresavaliaram aprofundidade dosulco gengivalde 445sitios emdentes anteriores, tanto superior einferior,de 23 indivíduos saudáveis, por meio de três ferramentas: sonda periodontal Carolinado Norte (NC), sonda computadorizadaFloridaProbe (FP)eTomografia por Coerência Óptica(OCT). Foi obtido oíndice de refraçãogengival,necessário para correção dos valores obtidos por OCT,a partir da análisede19 amostras provenientes de cirurgia periodontal. Para cada técnica, foiregistradoo grau de desconforto/dor, através da escala verbal de 4 pontos(VRS-4) e Escala Numérica da Dor (END), e o tempo com auxílio de cronômetro digital.As imagens de OCT mostraramestruturas anatômicasclinicamente relevantes do ponto de vista periodontalnaáreaavaliada.O valor médiocalculadopara o índicede refraçãoda gengivafoi de 1,41±0,06, dado utilizado para realizar a correção dos valores obtidos pelo OCT, através de regra de três simples.As imagens de OCT proporcionaram analisar o correspondente ao sulco gengivalhistológicocom valor médiode 0,86±0,27 milímetros.A sondaNCresultou em maiores valores de profundidade(1,43 ±0,56 milímetros), seguido pelaFP(1,25±0,58 milímetros) que proporcionou umamaior frequência dedesconforto edor.O tempo registrado para cada técnica foi maior para o OCT (19,61±8,98 minutos) decorrente do caráter laboratorial do equipamento, seguido da FP (2,44±1,04 minutos) e NC (1,77±0,40 minutos), ambas adaptadas para aplicação clínica.Diante dos resultados, pode-se concluir que o OCTéummétodo promissorparaa análise in vivodasaúde periodontal, permitindoo diagnósticoprecoce e preciso, de maneiranão invasiva, e que sua influência e interferênciasobre a avaliaçãoclínicaéinexistente, diferente dousodeumasonda periodontal.Porém, ainda se faz necessário a adaptação do equipamento para utilização na clinica odontológica. / This study evaluatedthe performance ofOpticalCoherenceTomographyin 1325nmas a noninvasivemethodto measure the depthof the gingival sulcusof healthysubjects compared totraditionalperiodontalprobesin a clinical setting.Twoobservers evaluatedthe depth of thegingival sulcusof 445sitesin anterior teeth, both top and bottomof 23individuals, using threetools: periodontal probeNorth Carolina (NC), electronic probeFloridaProbe (FP) and Optical CoherenceTomography(OCT). Was obtainedgingivalindex of refractionneeded tocorrect thevalues obtained byOCT,from the analysisof 19samples fromperiodontalsurgery. For eachtechnique,the degree of discomfort/painwas recordedbyverbal4-point scale(VRS-4) and NumericalPainScale (NPS), andtimeusing a digitalstopwatch.The OCTimages showedclinically relevantanatomical structures of theperiodontalviewpoint in thearea evaluated.Theaverage value calculated forthegumrefractive indexwas 1.41± 0.06, as used to perform thecorrection of values obtainedbyOCT,throughsimple rule of three.TheOCTimagesprovidedanalyze thehistologicalsulcuscorresponding toan average valueof 0.86±0.27 mm.The CNproberesulted in greaterdepth values(1.43± 0.56millimeters), followed by FP(1.25±0.58 mm) which gavea higher frequency ofdiscomfort and pain.Thetime recordedfor each techniquewas higher fortheOCT(19.61 ±8.98 minutes) due to thecharacter oflaboratoryequipment, followed by FP(2.44±1.04 minutes) andNC (1.77 ±0, 40 minutes), bothadaptedfor clinical application. With the results, we can concludethatOCTis apromising method forin vivoanalysisof periodontalhealth, enabling early and accurate diagnosis, noninvasively, andthat its influenceandinterferenceon clinical evaluationis lacking,differentthe use ofa periodontalprobe.However,the upgrading of equipmentis still neededfor usein the dentalclinic.

Submitted by isabela.moljf@hotmail.com (isabela.moljf@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-04T10:50:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiafialhorodrigues.pdf: 1214952 bytes, checksum: 9f8b3461dead1f5e477600658f658442 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-08T14:15:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiafialhorodrigues.pdf: 1214952 bytes, checksum: 9f8b3461dead1f5e477600658f658442 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T14:15:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 andreiafialhorodrigues.pdf: 1214952 bytes, checksum: 9f8b3461dead1f5e477600658f658442 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-29 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As imagens de tomografia computadorizada de feixe cônico (TCFC) têm sido utilizadas para a avaliação da qualidade óssea, entretanto algumas variáveis inerentes ao exame parecem influenciar os valores de densidade obtidos, sendo que a influência do volume do campo de visão (FOV) ainda não foi completamente explicada. O objetivo deste estudo foi determinar os efeitos do volume do FOV no valor da densidade em TCFC e tomografia computadorizada multislice (TCMS). Um objeto teste composto por três cilindros de acrílico contendo água destilada, gesso e óleo de motor foi construído e inserido em um cilindro de acrílico completamente preenchido com água destilada. O objeto teste foi escaneado com uma TCFC e com uma TCMS, utilizando três tamanhos de FOV: 8x8cm, 16x8cm e 16x13cm. A densidade de cada material foi avaliada em 40 regiões de interesse posicionadas nos cortes axiais. Nos exames de TCFC, houve diferença significativa entre os valores de densidade dos diferentes FOVs para os três materiais. Já nos exames de TCMS houve diferença significativa somente para o óleo. Os valores de densidade mostraram significante correlação entre os exames de TCFC e TCMS para o gesso em todos os FOVs. A água não apresentou correlação significante entre os exames de TCFC e TCMS com os FOVs utilizados. O óleo não apresentou correlação no FOV 8 x 8mm e apresentou uma baixa correlação nos FOVs 16 x 8mm e 16 x 13mm. Os valores de densidade determinados em imagens de TCFC sofreram interferência significativa pela variação do tamanho do FOV. Os valores de densidade obtidos em exames de TCMS apresentaram diferença estatisticamente significante somente para o óleo. / Computed tomography cone beam (CBCT) scans have been used to evaluate the quality of bone. The values of density seem to be influenced by some CBCT inherent variables. However, some variables inherent to CBCT seem to influence the values of density and the influence of FOV volume has not been completely elucidated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of FOV size on density values in large-volume CBCT and MSCT images. A phantom made up of 3 cylinders containing distilled water, plaster and motor oil was constructed and inserted into an acrylic cylinder filled with distilled water. The phantom was scanned with a CBCT and MSCT device using 3 FOV sizes. Density of each material was evaluated in 40 regions of interest. In CBCT exams there was significant difference between the density values of different FOVs for the 3 materials. In the MSCT there was significant difference only for the oil. A significant correlation between CBCT and MSCT exams for the plaster in all of the FOVs was obtained. The water did not show significant correlation between CBCT and MSCT exams with the FOVs under study. The oil was not correlated in 8 x 8mm FOV and a low correlation of the FOVs 16 x 8mm and 16 x 13mm. The density values determined in CBCT images showed significant interference by varying the size of the FOV. The density values obtained in MSCT examinations showed a statistically significant difference only for oil.

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