491 Assessment of Skeletal Maturation based on Cervical Vertebrae in CBCT

Thursday, March 22, 2012: 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Presentation Type: Poster Session
J. SHIM, G. HEO, and M.O. LAGRAVÈRE, Department of Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Figure 1  Plot of CS scores (1 to 6) for mid-sagittal slices of CBCT images (s+0) and corresponding scores on lateral cephalograms. 0 is an arbitrary value assigned when an operator could not determine CS in CBCT images due to distortion or obscurity of cervical vertebrae.


Keywords: Adolescence, CBCT, Cephalometric analysis, Growth & development and Orthodontics
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