Volumetric implant-planning based on Symmetry Considerations.
Symmetry Considerations can be used not only to plan the desired shape of reconstructured bone structures, but also to generate prototypes for soft tissue implants. The poster describes a system which allows to calculate a symmetry plane in the facial area automatically and computes proposals for implants or transplants. The system presented has been used to calculate soft tissue implants and a replacement for parts of the lower jaw.
Burgert
Oliver
O
Industrial Applications of Informatics and Microsystems, Department for Computer Science, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. burgert@ira.uka.de
Salb
Tobias
T
Gockel
Tilo
T
Dillmann
Rüdiger
R
Hassfeld
Stefan
S
Mühling
Joachim
J
D002508:Cephalometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed