Application of combined three-dimensional bone and soft tissue model. A case report.
This article describes a new application in three-dimensional modelling. By adding the contours of important soft tissue structures to the bone contours, it is possible to produce a combined bone and soft tissue model. The advantages of this technique are shown in a patient suffering from a parapharyngeal tumour. The model not only enabled the precise localisation of the tumour in relation to the surrounding bone, but also identified important structures like the internal carotid artery in relation to the tumour.
Santler
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Clinics, Graz, Austria. santler@email.kfunigraz.ac.at
Kaercher
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Gaggl
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Schultes
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010780:Photogrammetry; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed