title: [A finite element analysis system for two-demension morphological analysis of the soft tissue in orthognathic surgery].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a finite element method (FEM) for analysis of the cranial-facial morphology.
  
  
  METHODS
  The two-dimensional finite element analysis system was established and used to analysis the lateral side morphology of the soft tissue by the change of each finite unit of the soft tissue in a X-ray cranial-facial lateral cepholometrics film.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The finite element analysis system was showing very well in the figures and data made by the system.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Finite element analysis system may be a good supplement of the traditional X-ray cephalometrics to the soft tissue of orthognatics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Stomatological College, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xiao-ming
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xing-hao
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yi-ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Lei-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Shun-you
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D057909:Orthognathic Surgery