Three-dimensional analysis of craniofacial bones using three-dimensional computer tomography.
We studied the three-dimensional (3D) deformities in patients with congenital facial anomalies, such as cleft lip and palate or hemifacial microsomia using three-dimensional CT (3DCT) images. At the same time, the data from the 3DCT was processed and analyzed using a 3DCT measurement system which we have recently developed. The coordinates of the 67 test points on the craniofacial bones were determined on a 3D image prepared by the 3DCT measurement system. Using this system, we prepared the 'skeletograms', which present deformities of craniofacial bones in detail as a 3D wire frame model, for detailed analysis of the craniofacial bones' deformities.
Ono
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Department of Dermatology, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
Ohura
T
T
Narumi
E
E
Kawashima
K
K
Matsuno
I
I
Nakamura
S
S
Ohhata
N
N
Uchiyama
Y
Y
Watanabe
Y
Y
Tanaka
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*