title: Applications of computer graphics in craniofacial surgery.
abstract: Three-dimensional surface images can be reconstructed from CT scans. These are particularly useful in the study and management of patients with congenital and acquired craniofacial deformities. The principles of 3-D reformation, the production of the surface images, and recent advances in modification of these images for specific clinical needs are presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003201:Computers / Q000379:methods*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009917:Orbital Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012984:Software / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*