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Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms

OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to investigate the reliability of a computer application for assessment of the stages of cervical vertebra maturation in order to determine the stage of skeletal maturity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this study, digital lateral cephalograms of 99 subjects (52 females an...

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Autores principales: Dzemidzic, Vildana, Sokic, Emir, Tiro, Alisa, Nakas, Enita
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862247
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.364-368
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author Dzemidzic, Vildana
Sokic, Emir
Tiro, Alisa
Nakas, Enita
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Tiro, Alisa
Nakas, Enita
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description OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to investigate the reliability of a computer application for assessment of the stages of cervical vertebra maturation in order to determine the stage of skeletal maturity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this study, digital lateral cephalograms of 99 subjects (52 females and 47 males) were examined. The following selection criteria were used during the sample composition: age between 9 and 16 years, absence of anomalies of the vertebrae, good general health, no history of trauma at the cervical region. Subjects with lateral cephalograms of low quality were excluded from the study. For the purpose of this study a computer application Cephalometar HF V1 was developed. This application was used to mark the contours of the second, third and fourth cervical vertebrae on the digital lateral cephalograms, which enabled a computer to determine the stage of cervical vertebral maturation. The assessment of the stages of cervical vertebral maturation was carried out by an experienced orthodontist. The assessment was conducted according to the principles of the method proposed by authors Hassel and Farman. The degree of the agreement between the computer application and the researcher was analyzed using by statistical Cohen Kappa test. RESULTS: The results of this study showed the agreement between the computer assessment and the researcher assessment of the cervical vertebral maturation stages, where the value of the Cohen Kappa coefficient was 0.985. CONCLUSION: The computer application Cephalometar HF V1 proved to be a reliable method for assessing the stages of cervical vertebral maturation. This program could help the orthodontists to identify the stage of cervical vertebral maturation when planning the orthodontic treatment for the patients with skeletal disharmonies.
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spelling pubmed-47208232016-02-09 Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms Dzemidzic, Vildana Sokic, Emir Tiro, Alisa Nakas, Enita Acta Inform Med Original Paper OBJECTIVE: This study was aimed to investigate the reliability of a computer application for assessment of the stages of cervical vertebra maturation in order to determine the stage of skeletal maturity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: For this study, digital lateral cephalograms of 99 subjects (52 females and 47 males) were examined. The following selection criteria were used during the sample composition: age between 9 and 16 years, absence of anomalies of the vertebrae, good general health, no history of trauma at the cervical region. Subjects with lateral cephalograms of low quality were excluded from the study. For the purpose of this study a computer application Cephalometar HF V1 was developed. This application was used to mark the contours of the second, third and fourth cervical vertebrae on the digital lateral cephalograms, which enabled a computer to determine the stage of cervical vertebral maturation. The assessment of the stages of cervical vertebral maturation was carried out by an experienced orthodontist. The assessment was conducted according to the principles of the method proposed by authors Hassel and Farman. The degree of the agreement between the computer application and the researcher was analyzed using by statistical Cohen Kappa test. RESULTS: The results of this study showed the agreement between the computer assessment and the researcher assessment of the cervical vertebral maturation stages, where the value of the Cohen Kappa coefficient was 0.985. CONCLUSION: The computer application Cephalometar HF V1 proved to be a reliable method for assessing the stages of cervical vertebral maturation. This program could help the orthodontists to identify the stage of cervical vertebral maturation when planning the orthodontic treatment for the patients with skeletal disharmonies. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2015-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4720823/ /pubmed/26862247 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.364-368 Text en Copyright: © 2015 Vildana Dzemidzic, Emir Sokic, Alisa Tiro, Enita Nakas http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms
title_fullStr Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms
title_full_unstemmed Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms
title_short Computer Based Assessment of Cervical Vertebral Maturation Stages Using Digital Lateral Cephalograms
title_sort computer based assessment of cervical vertebral maturation stages using digital lateral cephalograms
topic Original Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862247
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2015.23.364-368
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