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Reproducibility of osseous landmarks used for computed tomography based three-dimensional cephalometric analyses

Authors :
Hervé Reychler
Francis Zech
Olivier Tanesy
Raphael Olszewski
Guy Cosnard
Source :
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery. 38:214-221
Publication Year :
2010
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2010.

Abstract

PURPOSE: The aim of this paper was to measure the reproducibility of osseous landmark identification from two recently described three-dimensional (3D) cephalometric analyses: 3D-ACRO and 3D-Swennen analyses. The study population consisted of 13 patients examined with spiral 3D computed tomography (CT). We used a previously validated low-dose CT protocol. For each analysis, 22 cephalometric reference landmarks were identified on 3D CT surface renderings. Forty-four reference landmarks were identified per patient. Two series of identifications were performed by two independent observers. In total, 3432 imaging measurements were completed. The intra-observer reconstructed mean log was 1.210+/-1.042mm for the 3D-ACRO analysis, and 1.311+/-1.042mm for 3D-Swennen analysis (comparison: p=0.17 NS). The inter-observer reconstructed mean log was 1.799+/-1.037mm for the 3D-ACRO analysis, and 2.465+/-1.036mm for 3D-Swennen analysis (comparison: p=0.000000002). The difference between the intra- and inter-observer reconstructed mean logs were 1.486+/-1.057mm for 3D-ACRO and 1.880+/-1.056mm for 3D-Swennen analysis. In conclusions: 3D-ACRO analysis was significantly more reproducible than 3D-Swennen analysis (p=0.0027) due to the use of a majority of highly reproducible cephalometric landmarks. Finally, we propose a classification scheme and exclusion criteria for reference landmarks used in 3D cephalometrics, based on inter-observer reproducibility and anatomical reality.

Details

ISSN :
10105182 and 00000000
Volume :
38
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....c643f17ac4bd0061fdb38b7fc916d412
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2009.05.005