Table 2 Alignment errors obtained in the alignment of the target models (NHP recovery) and warped models (facial growth and asymmetry) with the gold standard models (Mean Symmetrical Distance (MSD), Hausdorff distance (Hd), and landmark errors in millimetres)

NHP recovery

Full

15

0.167 (9.10e-6)

0.525 (4.65e-5)

N = 0.211 (2.77e-17)

Pog = 0.305 (5.55e-17)

Partial

15

0.272 (2.23e-5)

0.521 (4.26e-5)

N = 0.320 (2.635e-7)

Pog = 0.232 (1.764e-7)

2

0.182 (0.062)^#

0.337^#

N = 0.091^#

Pog = 0.162^#

0.696 (0.331)^*

1.813^*

N = 1.673^*

Pog = 1.790^*

3

0.093 (0.035)

0.173

N = 0.106^**

Pog = 0.173^**

0.201 (0.074)

0.372

N = 0.248^***

Pog = 0.370^***

0.242 (0.136)

0.572

N = 0.022^##

Pog = 0.079^##