Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences, 2024, 5(8); doi: 10.25236/AJMHS.2024.050807.
Liu Qinfeng1,5,8, Shi Jiyuan2, Sun Zhengming2, Lin Ming2, Liu Hui3, Wei Wei4,8, Wang Tao6,7
1Department of Medical Equipment Management, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710068, China
2Department of Orthopedics, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710068, China
3Department of Radiology, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710068, China
4School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710126, China
5National Key Lab of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710071, China
6Key laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710004, China
7Department of Medical Imaging, College of Stomatology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710004, China
8School of Electronic Information, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an, 710600, China
To measure the X-ray morphological parameters of normal ankle joints of Han adults in Shaanxi province, and to summarize the two-dimensional morphological characteristics and categories of ankle joints. A total of 340 Han adults (170 males and 170 females) who met the criteria in Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital from January 2018 to December 2023 were included in the study. Fifteen morphological parameters representing two-dimensional morphological features of the ankle joint were measured and calculated manually. Principal component analysis was used to analyze the measurement parameters, and the ankle joint morphology was clustered based on the extracted principal components. There were gender differences in the morphological parameters of the normal ankle joints of Han adults in Shaanxi province, and the parameters of males were higher than those of females (P < 0.01), the difference was statistically significant. Five principal component variables were extracted from the morphological parameters of male and female ankle joints of Han adults in Shaanxi province by principal component analysis, and the male and female ankle joints were classified into three types by cluster analysis. There are three types of ankle joint X-ray morphology of Han adults in Shaanxi province, and there are gender differences in ankle joint morphology.
ankle joint; X-ray radiography; cluster analysis
Liu Qinfeng, Shi Jiyuan, Sun Zhengming, Lin Ming, Liu Hui, Wei Wei, Wang Tao. Cluster Analysis of Normal Ankle Joint X-ray Morphology of Han Adults in Shaanxi Province, China. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 8: 40-47. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2024.050807.
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