Table 3 Deviations of the landmarks. Manual method’s deviation (MMD) (n = 400), ITP method’s deviation (ITPMD) (n = 20), p values of the Wilcoxon rank-sum test (α = 0.05).

From: A robust method for automatic identification of landmarks on surface models of the pelvis

Landmark

Direction

MMD [mm]

ITPMD [mm]

p value

Median

IQR (Q1 to Q3)

Range (min. to max.)

Median

IQR (Q1 to Q3)

Range (min. to max.)

ASISs

Med.-Lat.

0

2.5 (−1.3 to 1.2)

12.1 (−5.7 to 6.4)

−0.3

3.0 (−1.4 to 1.5)

9.5 (−5.9 to 3.6)

0.95

Pos.-Ant.

−0.3

1.0 (−0.9 to 0.1)

13.1 (−11.0 to 2.1)

0.6

0.6 (0.3 to 0.8)

2.5 (0.0 to 2.5)

<0.05

Inf.-Sup.

0

3.5 (−1.5 to 2.0)

29.6 (−13.4 to 16.3)

3

3.4 (1.7 to 5.1)

13.2 (−1.3 to 11.9)

<0.05

Euc. Dist.

2.7

2.6 (1.6 to 4.2)

17.3 (0.0 to 17.3)

3.4

2.4 (2.8 to 5.3)

12.4 (0.0 to 12.4)

<0.05

PS

Med.-Lat.

0

0.4 (−0.2 to 0.2)

5.3 (−2.8 to 2.5)

0

0.7 (−0.4 to 0.3)

5.0 (−2.2 to 2.8)

0.71

Pos.-Ant.

0

0.8 (−0.5 to 0.3)

11.1 (−7.4 to 3.7)

2.1

1.8 (1.1 to 2.9)

6.2 (0.6 to 6.8)

<0.05

Inf.-Sup.

0

1.7 (−0.8 to 0.9)

9.5 (−4.2 to 5.4)

1.4

2.8 (0.7 to 3.5)

9.4 (−2.6 to 6.8)

<0.05

Euc. Dist.

1.1

1.1 (0.7 to 1.8)

7.6 (0.0 to 7.7)

3.3

2.4 (2.5 to 4.8)

6.9 (1.4 to 8.3)

<0.05

PSISs

Med.-Lat.

0

2.9 (−1.6 to 1.3)

22.6 (−13.1 to 9.6)

−0.5

1.8 (−1.3 to 0.4)

5.3 (−3.2 to 2.0)

0.16

Pos.-Ant.

0.3

0.8 (0.0 to 0.8)

8.2 (−1.0 to 7.2)

0

0.3 (−0.2 to 0.1)

1.7 (−0.8 to 0.9)

<0.05

Inf.-Sup.

0

3.7 (−2.1 to 1.6)

29.1 (−20.4 to 8.7)

1.2

2.2 (0.1 to 2.3)

8.3 (−2.1 to 6.2)

<0.05

Euc. Dist.

2.9

3.0 (1.8 to 4.7)

22.6 (0.0 to 22.6)

1.9

1.7 (1.3 to 3.0)

6.3 (0.0 to 6.3)

<0.05

ISs

Med.-Lat.

0

1.0 (−0.5 to 0.5)

8.1 (−4.0 to 4.1)

0

1.7 (−0.9 to 0.8)

6.0 (−2.2 to 3.8)

0.75

Pos.-Ant.

0.1

0.8 (−0.1 to 0.6)

6.8 (−1.4 to 5.5)

0.9

0.7 (0.5 to 1.2)

2.2 (−0.2 to 2.0)

<0.05

Inf.-Sup.

0

1.9 (−1.0 to 1.0)

16.2 (−8.8 to 7.3)

−1

1.9 (−2.4 to −0.5)

6.0 (−5.2 to 0.8)

<0.05

Euc. Dist.

1.4

1.4 (0.9 to 2.3)

10.2 (0.0 to 10.2)

1.9

1.3 (1.5 to 2.7)

5.2 (0.7 to 5.9)

<0.05

SPs

Med.-Lat.

0

1.7 (−0.9 to 0.8)

10.3 (−4.8 to 5.5)

−0.3

3.4 (−2.4 to 1.0)

9.5 (−5.0 to 4.6)

0.22

Pos.-Ant.

−0.1

0.3 (−0.3 to 0.0)

2.3 (−1.6 to 0.7)

0

0.3 (−0.1 to 0.2)

1.0 (−0.3 to 0.7)

<0.05

Inf.-Sup.

0

1.1 (−0.5 to 0.6)

4.2 (−1.9 to 2.3)

0.7

1.2 (0.1 to 1.3)

3.2 (−0.6 to 2.7)

<0.05

Euc. Dist.

1.1

0.8 (0.9 to 1.7)

5.5 (0.0 to 5.5)

1.9

2.4 (1.0 to 3.4)

5.1 (0.0 to 5.1)

<0.05