Orbital volume changes during growth and development in human children assessed using cone beam computed tomography.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To measure growth-related changes in orbital volume from childhood to the late teenage years using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study involved 65 (24 male, 41 female) healthy Caucasian children (ages 6-18 years) with existing serial craniofacial CBCT scans. CBCT scans were available for 292 orbits. Each orbit was transformed into a closed space with well-defined boundaries, and orbital volume was measured using manual segmentation. A novel statistical analysis was applied to extract the maximum amount of longitudinal information from the data. Intra- and inter-operator correlation coefficients were calculated from replications performed on a random subset of 10% of the sample.

Results

Orbital volume increased

SUBMITTER: Smith EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883635 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature