title: Effect of patient repositioning on cephalometric measurements.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution to tracing error of positioning the patient within the cephalostat. It was carried out by comparing the differences between repeated measurements from two 'same day' radiographs, with the differences between measurements from two tracings of the same radiograph.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dental Surgery, London.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sandler
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted