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- Title
Reliability analysis of Cobb angle measurements of congenital scoliosis using X-ray and 3D-CT images.
- Authors
Tauchi, Ryoji; Tsuji, Taichi; Cahill, Patrick; Flynn, John; Glotzbecker, Michael; El-Hawary, Ron; Heflin, John; Imagama, Shiro; Joshi, Ajeya; Nohara, Ayato; Ramirez, Norman; Roye, David; Saito, Toshiki; Sawyer, Jeffrey; Smith, John; Kawakami, Noriaki
- Abstract
Purpose: Therapeutic decisions for congenital scoliosis rely on Cobb angle measurements on consecutive radiographs. There have been no studies documenting the variability of measuring the Cobb angle using 3D-CT images in children with congenital scoliosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability and measurement errors using X-ray images and those utilizing 3D-CT images. Materials and methods: The X-ray and 3D-CT images of 20 patients diagnosed with congenital scoliosis were used to assess the reliability of the digital 3D-CT images for the measurement of the Cobb angle. Thirteen observers performed the measurements, and each image was analyzed by each observer twice with a minimum interval of 1 week between measurements. The analysis of intraobserver variation was expressed as the mean absolute difference (MAD) and standard deviation (SD) between measurements and the intraclass correlation coefficient (IaCC) of the measurements. In addition, the interobserver variation was expressed as the MAD and interclass correlation coefficient (IeCC). Results: The average MAD and SD was 4.5° and 3.2° by the X-ray method and 3.7° and 2.6° by the 3D-CT method. The intraobserver and interobserver intraclass ICCs were excellent in both methods (X-ray: IaCC 0.835-0.994 IeCC 0.847, 3D-CT: IaCC 0.819-0.996 IeCC 0.893). There was no significant MAD difference between X-ray and 3D-CT images in measuring each type of congenital scoliosis by each observer. Conclusions: Results of Cobb angle measurements in patients with congenital scoliosis using X-ray images in the frontal plane could be reproduced with almost the same measurement variance (3°-4° measurement error) using 3D-CT images. This suggests that X-ray images are clinically useful for assessing any type of congenital scoliosis about measuring the Cobb angle alone. However, since 3D-CT can provide more detailed images of the anterior and posterior components of malformed vertebrae, the volume of information that can be obtained by evaluating them has contributed greatly to the development of strategies for the surgical treatment of congenital scoliosis.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; CONFIDENCE intervals; STATISTICAL correlation; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; DIGITAL image processing; COMPUTERS in medicine; HEALTH outcome assessment; PEDIATRICS; RELIABILITY (Personality trait); RESEARCH evaluation; SCOLIOSIS; T-test (Statistics); X-rays; SAMPLE size (Statistics); MEASUREMENT errors; INTER-observer reliability; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2016, Vol 26, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1633-8065
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00590-015-1701-7