title: Computer-aided morphological analysis for maxillo-facial diagnostic: a preliminary study.
abstract: This article compares most of the three-dimensional (3D) morphometric methods currently proposed by the technical literature to evaluate their morphological informative value, while applying them to a case study of five patients affected by the malocclusion pathology. The compared methods are: conventional cephalometric analysis (CCA), generalised Procrustes superimposition (GPS) with principal-components analysis (PCA), thin-plate spline analysis (TPS), multisectional spline (MS) and clearance vector mapping (CVM). The results show that MS provides more reliable and useful diagnostic information.
authors.affiliation: Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vezzetti
authors.forename: Flaviana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calignano
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moos
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry / Q000379:methods*; D002508:Cephalometry; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D025341:Principal Component Analysis