M Ines Boechat1, David Choen Lee. 1. Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, 650 S Charles E. Young Dr., CHS B2-252, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1721, USA. iboechat@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Skeletal maturation determinations are usually reported as numeric data indicating accordance with chronologic age. However, significant changes in skeletal maturation can occur without falling outside two SDs. The purpose of our study was to design simple computer-generated sex-based charts to enhance the evaluation of skeletal maturation, especially when frequent assessments are made. CONCLUSION: The graphic representation of successive reports clearly depicts whether values retain their position in relation to the mean. In addition, the report includes computation of the exact SD score.
OBJECTIVE: Skeletal maturation determinations are usually reported as numeric data indicating accordance with chronologic age. However, significant changes in skeletal maturation can occur without falling outside two SDs. The purpose of our study was to design simple computer-generated sex-based charts to enhance the evaluation of skeletal maturation, especially when frequent assessments are made. CONCLUSION: The graphic representation of successive reports clearly depicts whether values retain their position in relation to the mean. In addition, the report includes computation of the exact SD score.