Kamaruddin Noorshaida, Daud Firdaus, Yusof Asilah, Aziz Mohd Ezane, Rajion Zainul A
School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia.
PeerJ. 2019 Jan 23;7:e6319. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6319. eCollection 2019.
Visualization and calculation of the airway dimensions are important because an increase of airway resistance may lead to life-threatening emergencies. The visualization and calculation of the airway are possible using radiography technique with their advance software. The aim of this study was to compare and to test the reliability of the measurement of the upper airway volume and minimum area using airway analysis function in two software.
The sample consisted of 11 cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans data, evaluated using the Invivo5 (Anatomage) and Romexis (version 3.8.2.R, Planmeca) software which afford image reconstruction, and airway analysis. The measurements were done twice with one week gap between the two measurements. The measurement obtained was analyzed with -tests and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), with confidence intervals (CI) was set at 95%.
From the analysis, the mean reading of volume and minimum area is not significantly different between Invivo5 and Romexis. Excellent intrarater reliability values were found for the both measurement on both software, with ICC values ranging from 0.940 to 0.998.
The results suggested that both software can be used in further studies to investigate upper airway, thereby contributing to the diagnosis of upper airway obstructions.
气道尺寸的可视化和计算很重要,因为气道阻力增加可能导致危及生命的紧急情况。利用放射成像技术及其先进软件可以实现气道的可视化和计算。本研究的目的是比较并测试两款软件中气道分析功能对上气道容积和最小面积测量的可靠性。
样本包括11例锥形束计算机断层扫描(CBCT)数据,使用Invivo5(Anatomage公司)和Romexis(版本3.8.2.R,普兰梅卡公司)软件进行评估,这两款软件可进行图像重建和气道分析。测量分两次进行,两次测量间隔一周。对获得的测量结果进行t检验和组内相关系数(ICC)分析,设定95%的置信区间(CI)。
分析显示,Invivo5和Romexis之间的容积和最小面积平均读数无显著差异。两款软件上的两种测量均发现了出色的评估者内可靠性值,ICC值范围为0.940至0.998。
结果表明,两款软件均可用于进一步研究上气道,从而有助于上气道阻塞的诊断。