title: Cephalometric landmarks identification and reproducibility: a meta analysis.
abstract: To assess the magnitude of cephalometric landmarks identification error, we performed a Meta analysis on six pertinent studies. We outline the procedures used to compare and integrate the findings of these-studies. The results are a measure of systematic and random errors involved when locating landmarks on lateral head films. They are presented as standard mean errors and 95% confidence intervals for the repeatability and reproducibility of 15 cephalometric landmarks commonly used in growth analysis.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Faculty of Dentistry, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Trpkova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Major
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nebbe
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D011861:Radiography, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results