title: Assessment of facial tissue expansion with three-dimensional digitizer scanning.
abstract: This article reports a three-dimensional (3D) digital color scanning system used in the measurement of facial soft tissue expansion. This system consists of digital scanning equipment, software for stereolithographical (STL) forms and nonuniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces, and a computer-aided design program. Accurate data for the area of scar excision and the expanded cervicofacial flap were obtained by using this measuring system in a young patient with scar contracture of the face. This technique can accurately model the reconstruction and make plastic surgery planning a truly interactive procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stile
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lineaweaver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D003196:Computer Graphics; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003286:Contracture / Q000601:surgery; D005145:Face; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D012984:Software; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000473:pathology; D015626:Tissue Expansion / Q000379:methods*