[Specification and application of cephalometric analysis and image database].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the basic requirement of cephalometric analysis and database product concluded from practice, and apply related products to improve the levels of medical treatment, teaching and scientific research.


METHODS
By the use of digital X ray machine, digital camera, oral endoscope,scanner to import the image into system database, to edit, measure, make diagram, analyze and store the images, to catalog diagnosis according to the different need of patient to make convenient for retrieving by group, to design multi-page electronic case report including oral general diagram, the result of diagnosis cataloging, the result diagram of analysis, picture and text report, all of the above mentioned constitute a complete patient database system.


RESULTS
About 400 medical case were accumulated, and these improved evidently the effect to present the production of medical treatment to potential patients, were convenient to the professional communication between doctors and conformation of treatment plan, provided a solid foundation to multimedia teaching, and promoted the development of the task of graduate student and the task of scientific research.


CONCLUSIONS
Using related product with perfect functions to develop standardized cephalometric analysis and build standardized patient's database including image information, when such information is accumulated to certain extent, will become the invaluable treasure of relevant medical institution, will bring the obvious effect to improve the level of medical treatment, teaching and scientific research.
Yang
Lian-Ping
LP
Department of Dentistry, Second Affiliated Hospital,Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, Shanxi Province, China.
Song
Wei
W
D002508:Cephalometry; D019992:Databases as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted