Comparison of the results of four users of a contemporary CAD/CAM system.
The objective of this study was to investigate the variation of measurements recorded when four different users of the TracerCAD system trace a model of known dimensions and volume. This complements a previous study where the accuracy and consistency of a single user was measured. Landmarks were added to indicate proximal, distal, anterior, medial and lateral regions of a specially manufactured cylindrical nylon 6.6 model. Four circumferential lines were added at regular intervals along the length of the cylinder with a view to calculating diameters and volumes relative to these landmarks. The model was measured using a comparator with guaranteed accuracy to one hundredth of a millimetre, and was traced using the TracerCAD system by four different users. The difference in mean volume between measured results and TracerCAD scans of differing users ranged to -3%. Individual trace volumes varied by up to -7.85%. In all volumes measured, 11 out of 12 maximum volume percentage differences measured greater than 2%, and of these, seven results showed maximum volume percentage difference to measure greater than 4%.
McGarry
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National Centre for Training and Education in Prosthetics and Orthotics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
McHugh
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D001186:Artificial Limbs; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003199:Computer Systems; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D006801:Humans; D008961:Models, Structural; D015588:Observer Variation; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results