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Table 5 Measurement scores and summary statistics for the evaluation items of the STLs

From: Stereolithography (STL) measurement rubric for the evaluation of craniomaxillofacial STLs

Evaluation item

Summary statistics of STL image quality

Evaluator 1

Evaluator 2

Evaluator 3

Median

Mode

n

Median

Mode

n

Median

Mode

n

CARP 1:Cranial sutures

2

2

33

2

2

33

2

2

33

CARP 2:Head of the mandible

2

2

35

2

2

35

2

2

35

CARP 3:Temporo-mandibular fossa separation

2

2

35

2

2

35

2

2

35

CARP 4:Supraorbital foramina

2

2

29

2

2

30

2

2

30

CARP 5:Infraorbital foramina

2

2

33

2

2

33

2

2

33

CARP 6:Mental foramina

2

2

27

2

2

26

2

2

27

CARP 7:Teeth

2

2

31

1

1

31

2

2

31

CARP 8:Mandibular canal

2

2

32

2

2

32

2

2

31

Presence/Absence of rings

No: 32; Yes: 3

No: 33; Yes: 2

No: 33; Yes: 2

CARP score

2

2

2

2

2

2

Mean Total CARP score

14.4

3.632

13.1

3.590

13.9

4.072

Mean Total CARP + ring scorea

17.1

3.936

15.8

3.917

16.6

4.467

Overall impression score

3

3

35

3

3

35

  1. CARP critical anatomical reference point
  2. aRing score refers to whether ring artifacts were present or not on the STLs. A score of 3 was allocated if present