Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (12): 1883-1888.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.12.013

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Comparison of the artifacts on magnetic resonance imaging caused by different porcelain-fused-to-metals 

Feng Juan, Li Wen-jin, Niu Jin-liang, Wang Hui-min, Yin Wen-jing   

  1. Department of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Revised:2014-01-16 Online:2014-03-19 Published:2014-03-19
  • Contact: Li Wen-jin, Associate chief physician, Department of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • About author:Feng Juan, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Young Science and Technology Research Foundation of Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Science and Technology, No. 2011021035-4; the Graduate Innovative Project of Shanxi Province, No. 20093066; the Scientific Tackle Key Plan of Shanxi Provincial Heath Bureau, No. 20100141; the Doctoral Initial Funding of the Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, No. 2013-06

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The patients with porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns who do examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can cause artifacts. In recent years, researching for MRI artifacts of different porcelain-fused-to-metal materials has been some progress, but there are less quantitatively reports on the MRI artifacts of different porcelain-fused-to-metal materials.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the artifact sizes shown on fast spin-echo T2-weighted sequence caused by different kinds of porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns.
METHODS: Forty-eight lower right first molar crown patients who had MRI examination in MRI room were enrolled. The patients were divided into nickel-chromium alloy group, cobalt-chromium alloy group and titanium crown group. All patients were examined with fast spin-echo T2-weighted sequences by means of 1.5 T MRI apparatus. MRI artifacts areas of same sequence on the MRI images of different porcelain-fused-to-metal materials were analyzed with variance test.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Forty-five cases appearing to have high signal samples with clearly curved boundary zone that can be measured were selected, 15 cases for each material. Different artifact sizes were produced on the same sequence of different porcelain-fused-to-metal materials, which were (321.67±33.29) mm2 in the nickel-chromium alloy group, (263.53±34.95) mm2 in the cobalt-chromium alloy group, and   (143.67±31.13) mm2 in the titanium crown group. There were significant differences between groups (P < 0.05). The artifact size is smallest for the titanium crown and largest for the nickel-chromium alloy crown.


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Key words: biocompatible materials, metal ceramic alloys, magnetic resonance imaging

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