Volumetric implant-planning based on Symmetry Considerations

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002:85:86-8.

Abstract

Symmetry Considerations can be used not only to plan the desired shape of reconstructured bone structures, but also to generate prototypes for soft tissue implants. The poster describes a system which allows to calculate a symmetry plane in the facial area automatically and computes proposals for implants or transplants. The system presented has been used to calculate soft tissue implants and a replacement for parts of the lower jaw.

MeSH terms

  • Cephalometry / statistics & numerical data*
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Facial Asymmetry / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mathematical Computing
  • Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed