{"title":"Fractal Dimension Analysis of Cervical Vertebra on Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Scans of Smoker Males","authors":"A. Artas, Elif Meltem Aslan Öztürk","doi":"10.22312/sdusbed.1388544","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective: This study aimed to comparison of vertebral fractal dimension (FD) values among smoker and non-smoker males.\nMaterial and Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 144 male patients were evaluated, 72 smokers constituted the study group, while 72 non-smokers formed the healthy control group in this study. In all CBCT images, the region of interest (ROI) assessing the second cervical vertebra (C2) was chosen as a 45x45 pixel size for ROI-v with reference to the coronal view of C2.\nResults: While the mean FD value of ROI-v in the smoker group was 1.118±0.85, the mean FD value of ROI-v in the non-smoker group was 1.221±1.12. This difference between ROI-v values is also statistically significant (p < 0.05).\nConclusion: Fractal analysis of cervical vertebrae may help to evaluate osteoporotic changes in smoker males.","PeriodicalId":448097,"journal":{"name":"SDÜ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ DERGİSİ","volume":" 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"SDÜ SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ DERGİSİ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22312/sdusbed.1388544","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to comparison of vertebral fractal dimension (FD) values among smoker and non-smoker males.
Material and Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of 144 male patients were evaluated, 72 smokers constituted the study group, while 72 non-smokers formed the healthy control group in this study. In all CBCT images, the region of interest (ROI) assessing the second cervical vertebra (C2) was chosen as a 45x45 pixel size for ROI-v with reference to the coronal view of C2.
Results: While the mean FD value of ROI-v in the smoker group was 1.118±0.85, the mean FD value of ROI-v in the non-smoker group was 1.221±1.12. This difference between ROI-v values is also statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: Fractal analysis of cervical vertebrae may help to evaluate osteoporotic changes in smoker males.
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