| Title | Precision and accuracy of CT-based measurements of masticatory muscles in patients with hemifacial microsomia. | | Author(s) | Huisinga-Fischer CE, Vaandrager JM, Zonneveld FW, Prahl-Andersen B | | Institution | Department of Orthodontics, Academic Centre for Dentistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. chuisinga@xs4all.nl | | Source | Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2004 Jan; 33(1):12-6. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Adult
Cephalometry
Child
Facial Asymmetry
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Male
Masseter Muscle
Masticatory Muscles
Observer Variation
Phantoms, Imaging
Pterygoid Muscles
Reproducibility of Results
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temporal Muscle
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to quantitatively assess masticatory muscle volumes in patients with hemifacial microsomia. Until recently, this congenital malformation was only studied in terms of restoring bony and skin morphologies. Study of the masticatory muscles, however, adds a new dimension.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Contiguous 1.5 mm CT scans were made using a Philips Tomoscan 350 in six patients with hemifacial microsomia and in one patient without asymmetry. These CT scans were processed by a Cemax 1500X 3D workstation. The volume of the masseter, temporal, and medial and lateral pterygoid muscles was measured from CT scans using three-dimensional (3D) segmentation followed by 3D imaging. The precision and accuracy of measurements of masticatory muscle volumes were investigated. The precision of 3D imaging was assessed by carrying out repeated measurements by two observers. The accuracy of the volume determination technique was assessed by scanning a piece of porcine muscle tissue with a known volume.
RESULTS: Intraobserver repeatability was near perfect, with the lowest alpha being 0.96 (for the medial pterygoid muscle). All interobserver correlations were high (>0.99). The accuracy of the method of measurement demonstrated differences ranging from 2.3% to 4.4%.
CONCLUSION: Craniofacial soft tissue measurements obtained from CT scans in patients with hemifacial microsomia were accurate and reproducible but time consuming. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15140816 |
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