Automated landmark-based mid-sagittal plane: reliability for 3-dimensional mandibular asymmetry assessment on head CT scans.

Journal: Clinical oral investigations
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The determination of the mid-sagittal plane (MSP) on three-dimensional (3D) head imaging is key to the assessment of facial asymmetry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of an automated landmark-based MSP to quantify mandibular asymmetry on head computed tomography (CT) scans.

Authors

  • Sophie Alt
    Institut de Biomecanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Paris, France.
  • Laurent Gajny
    Arts et Métiers, Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, 151 bd de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France. laurent.gajny@ensam.eu.
  • Françoise Tilotta
    Université Paris Cité and Sorbonne Paris Nord, UMR1333 INSERM Santé Orale, Montrouge, F-92120, France.
  • Thomas Schouman
    Institut de Biomecanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Medecine Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France.
  • Gauthier Dot
    UFR odontologie, université Paris Cité, Paris, France - AP-HP, hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, service de médecine bucco-dentaire, Paris, France - Institut de biomécanique humaine Georges Charpak, école nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.