Table 4 Deviations of the coordinate systems. 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

CS

Rotation

MMD [°]

ITPMD [°]

p value

Median

IQR (Q1 to Q3)

Range (min. to max.)

Median

IQR (Q1 to Q3)

Range (min. to max.)

APP

Pelvic Tilt

−0.1

0.9 (−0.6 to 0.3)

8.4 (−4.7 to 3.7)

−0.7

1.2 (−1.3 to −0.1)

4.0 (−3.6 to 0.3)

<0.05

Pelvic Bend

0

0.8 (−0.5 to 0.4)

5.9 (−3.5 to 2.4)

−0.1

1.2 (−0.4 to 0.7)

2.7 (−0.9 to 1.8)

0.73

Pelvic Rot.

0

0.3 (−0.1 to 0.2)

3.9 (−1.1 to 2.8)

0

0.1 (−0.1 to 0.1)

0.8 (−0.5 to 0.3)

0.83

SISP

Pelvic Tilt

−0.1

2.0 (−1.3 to 0.7)

10.8 (−7.3 to 3.4)

−0.9

1.2 (−1.3 to −0.2)

4.7 (−3.6 to 1.0)

0.06

Pelvic Bend

0

0.8 (−0.5 to 0.4)

6.0 (−3.6 to 2.4)

−0.1

1.2 (−0.4 to 0.7)

2.7 (−0.9 to 1.8)

0.73

Pelvic Rot.

0

0.3 (−0.1 to 0.2)

3.4 (−1.0 to 2.4)

0

0.1 (−0.1 to 0.1)

0.8 (−0.5 to 0.3)

0.75

  1. The corresponding box plots can be found as Supplementary Fig. S3.