Assessing the Correlation between Skeletal and Corresponding Soft-Tissue Equivalents to Determine the Relationship between CBCT Skeletal/Dental Dimensions and 3D Radiographic Soft-Tissue Equivalents
Table 5
Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) of CBCT landmarks, lower and upper limits of their 95% confidence intervals, and their corresponding values.
Landmark
Intraclass correlation coefficient
95% confidence intervals of CBCT ICC
value
Lower
Upper
1
Left nose radiolucency
0.990
0.971
0.997
0.001
2
Right nose radiolucency
0.967
0.908
0.991
0.001
3
Left canine
0.993
0.980
0.998
0.001
4
Right canine
0.997
0.989
0.999
0.001
5
Gnathion
0.979
0.940
0.994
0.001
6
Throat (spinal level)
0.987
0.964
0.997
0.001
7
Left gonion
0.999
0.997
1.000
0.001
8
Right gonion
0.998
0.995
1.000
0.001
9
Left zygomatic process
0.975
0.927
0.993
0.001
10
Right zygomatic process
0.969
0.910
0.991
0.001
11
Left external auditory meatus
0.998
0.995
1.000
0.001
12
Right external auditory meatus
0.992
0.977
0.998
0.001
13
Left frontozygomatic suture (outer corner of eye)
0.987
0.963
0.997
0.001
14
Right frontozygomatic suture (outer corner of eye)
