Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4120161 | Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryThis article compares most of the three-dimensional (3D) morphometric methods currently proposed by the technical literature to evaluate their morphological informative value, while applying them to a case study of five patients affected by the malocclusion pathology. The compared methods are: conventional cephalometric analysis (CCA), generalised Procrustes superimposition (GPS) with principal-components analysis (PCA), thin-plate spline analysis (TPS), multisectional spline (MS) and clearance vector mapping (CVM).The results show that MS provides more reliable and useful diagnostic information.
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Authors
Enrico Vezzetti, Flaviana Calignano, Sandro Moos,