Measuring the CI on a STARscan report - Thanks

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Thanks to , I now understand why I wasn’t coming up with the same measurements as those from Orthomerica. Back when Maysa got her first scan from Orthomerica, the part where her head was the widest was right at the center horizontal line of the graph. Her head was also the longest at the center vertical line. I always though that the cephalic index was taken by measuring those two lines, no matter whether they were the longest or not. Apparenlty not. explained to me that I have to measure the widest width on her head as well as the longest length. Since she’s been in the DOC band, Maysa’s widest width has moved down below the center horizontal line (which is what should happen as the head should be wider in the back rather than the front of the head) and that’s why I was getting different numbers.

So… After I took my ruler again and remeasured her width in the right spot, I basically came up with the same numbers. Her last CI was a little better using the ruler: 92.68% as opposed to 92.99%.

I also looked back at the two pictures from Tim’s report and the CI I came up with in the sliced view was 92.4%, so quite comparable after all. The CI I got from the whole top view of her head was more like 89.7% which tells me that her head still comes out more on the top back than the bottom back by a few millimiters.

This said, I am still really happy with the results we got this far. Thanks for clarifying things for me!

Leila,

Maysa, 15 months old, 4 weeks left in DOC band 2

www.mymaysa.wordpress.com

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Hi Leila, Thank you for clearing the CI even more for me! I checked out your

blog. Maysa is absolutely beautiful. And she's got a great looking noggin'!

Hope she gets even more correction these last 4 weeks.

, mom to Luke, 5.3 months, severe brachy, mild left plagio

3 weeks in STARband

New York

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> Thanks to , I now understand why I wasn’t coming up with the same

measurements as those from Orthomerica.  Back when Maysa got her first scan

from Orthomerica, the part where her head was the widest was right at the center

horizontal line of the graph.  Her head was also the longest at the center

vertical line.  I always though that the cephalic index was taken by measuring

those two lines, no matter whether they were the longest or not.  Apparenlty

not.  explained to me that I have to measure the widest width on her

head as well as the longest length.  Since she’s been in the DOC band,

Maysa’s widest width has moved down below the center horizontal line (which is

what should happen as the head should be wider in the back rather than the front

of the head) and that’s why I was getting different numbers.

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> So…  After I took my ruler again and remeasured her width in the right

spot, I basically came up with the same numbers.  Her last CI was a little

better using the ruler: 92.68% as opposed to 92.99%. 

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> I also looked back at the two pictures from Tim’s report and the CI I came

up with in the sliced view was 92.4%, so quite comparable after all.  The CI I

got from the whole top view of her head was more like 89.7% which tells me that

her head still comes out more on the top back than the bottom back by a few

millimiters.

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> This said, I am still really happy with the results we got this far.  Thanks

for clarifying things for me!

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> Leila,

> Maysa, 15 months old, 4 weeks left in DOC band 2

> www.mymaysa.wordpress.com

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