Accuracy and precision of manual segmentation of the maxillary sinus in MR images-a method study.

OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy and precision of segmentation of the maxillary sinus in MR images to evaluate the potential usefulness of this modality in longitudinal studies of sinus development. METHODS A total of 15 healthy subjects who had been both craniofacial CT and MR scanned were included and the 30 maxillary sinus volumes were evaluated using segmentation. Two of the authors did segmentation of MRI and one of these authors did double segmentation. Agreement in results between CT and MRI as well as inter- and intraexaminer errors were evaluated by statistical and three-dimensional analysis. RESULTS The intraclass correlation coefficient for volume measurements for both method error, inter- and intraexaminer agreement were > 0.9 [maximal 95% confidence interval of 0.989-0.997, p < 0.001] and the limit of agreement for all parameters were < 5.1%. Segmentation errors were quantified in terms of overlap [Dice Coefficient (DICE) > 0.9 = excellent agreement] and border distance [95% percentile Hausdorff Distance (HD) < 2 mm = acceptable agreement]. The results were replicable and not influenced by systematic errors. CONCLUSION We found a high accuracy and precision of manual segmentation of the maxillary sinus in MR images. The largest mean errors were found close to the orbit and the teeth. Advances in knowledge: MRI can be used for 3D models of the paranasal sinuses with equally good results as CT and allows longitudinal follow-up of sinus development.

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