Automatic Analysis of Lateral Cephalograms Based on Multiresolution Decision Tree Regression Voting
Table 8
Description of cephalometric measurements in database1 [28].
No.
Measurement
Description in mathematics
Description in words
1
ANB
∠L5L2L6
The angle between the landmark 5, 2, and 6
2
SNB
∠L1L2L6
The angle between the landmark 1, 2, and 6
3
SNA
∠L1L2L5
The angle between the landmark 1, 2, and 5
4
ODI
The arithmetic sum of the angle between AB plane () to mandibular plane () and the angle of palatal plane () to FH plane ()
5
APDI
The arithmetic sum of the angle between FH plane () to facial plane (), the angle of facial plane () to AB plane (), and the angle of FH plane () to palatal plane ()
6
FHI
The ratio of posterior face height (PFH, the distance from L1 to L10) to anterior face height (AFH, the distance from L2 to L8)
7
FHA
The angle between SN plane () to mandibular plane ()
8
MW
When the x ordinate of L12 is less than L11’s, the MW is ; otherwise, MW is .