Reliability and Agreement of Automated Head Measurements From 3-Dimensional Photogrammetry in Young Children.
Journal
The Journal of craniofacial surgery
ISSN: 1536-3732
Titre abrégé: J Craniofac Surg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9010410
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Sep 2023
01 Sep 2023
Historique:
received:
20
03
2023
accepted:
25
04
2023
medline:
31
8
2023
pubmed:
12
6
2023
entrez:
12
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to assess the reliability and agreement of automated head measurements using 3-dimensional (3D) photogrammetry in young children. Specifically, the study evaluated the agreement between manual and automated occipitofrontal circumference (OFC) measurements (n = 264) obtained from 3D images of 188 patients diagnosed with sagittal synostosis using a novel automated method proposed in this study. In addition, the study aimed to determine the interrater and intrarater reliability of the automatically extracted OFC, cephalic index, and volume. The results of the study showed that the automated OFC measurements had an excellent agreement with manual measurements, with a very strong regression score ( R2 = 0.969) and a small mean difference of -0.1 cm (-0.2%). The limits of agreement ranged from -0.93 to 0.74 cm, falling within the reported limits of agreement for manual OFC measurements. High interrater and intrarater reliability of OFC, cephalic index, and volume measurements were also demonstrated. The proposed method for automated OFC measurements was found to be a reliable alternative to manual measurements, which may be particularly beneficial in young children who undergo 3D imaging in craniofacial centers as part of their treatment protocol and in research settings that require a reproducible and transparent pipeline for anthropometric measurements. The method has been incorporated into CraniumPy, an open-source tool for 3D image visualization, registration, and optimization, which is publicly available on GitHub ( https://github.com/T-AbdelAlim/CraniumPy ).
Identifiants
pubmed: 37307495
doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000009448
pii: 00001665-202309000-00008
pmc: PMC10445626
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
1629-1634Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of Mutaz B. Habal, MD.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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