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Generally, the extent to which BA, as determined by the G&amp;P atlas, corresponds to the chronological age (CA) of a contemporary German population remains a subject of continued discourse. This study aims to address two main objectives. Firstly, it seeks to investigate whether the G&amp;P atlas, as applied by the AI software, is still relevant for healthy children in Germany today. Secondly, the study aims to assess the performance of the AI software in handling non-strict posterior-anterior (p.\u200aa.) projections of the hand and wrist.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Materials and Methods\u2002The AI software retrospectively estimated the BA in children who had undergone radiographs of a single hand using posterior-anterior and oblique planes. The primary purpose was to rule out any osseous injuries. The prediction error of BA in relation to CA was calculated for each plane and between the two planes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Results\u2002A total of 1253 patients (aged 3 to 16 years, median age 10.8 years, 55.7\u200a% male) were included in the study. The average error of BA in posterior-anterior projections compared to CA was 3.0 (\u00b1\u200a13.7) months for boys and 1.7 (\u00b1\u200a13.7) months for girls. Interestingly, the deviation from CA tended to be even slightly lower in oblique projections than in posterior-anterior projections. The mean error in the posterior-anterior projection plane was 2.5 (\u00b1\u200a13.7) months, while in the oblique plane it was 1.8 (\u00b1\u200a13.9) months (p\u200a=\u200a0.01).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Conclusion\u2002The AI software for BA generally corresponds to the age of the contemporary German population under study, although there is a noticeable prediction error, particularly in younger children. Notably, the software demonstrates robust performance in oblique projections.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Key Points\u2002<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Citation Format<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2203-2997","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,8]],"date-time":"2023-12-08T19:40:21Z","timestamp":1702064421000},"page":"600-606","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Applicability and robustness of an artificial intelligence-based assessment for Greulich and Pyle bone age in a German cohort"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"196","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1280-3866","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Johanna","family":"Pape","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Franz Wolfgang","family":"Hirsch","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Oliver Johannes","family":"Deffaa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew D.","family":"DiFranco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ImageBiopsy Lab, ImageBiopsy Lab, Vienna, Austria"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maciej","family":"Rosolowski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Gr\u00e4fe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Radiology, University Hospital Leipzig, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"143","DOI":"10.1297\/cpe.24.143","article-title":"Bone age: assessment methods and clinical applications","volume":"24","author":"M Satoh","year":"2015","journal-title":"Clin Pediatr Endocrinol"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2910","DOI":"10.1007\/s00330-018-5792-5","article-title":"Is the Greulich and Pyle atlas applicable to all ethnicities? 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