title: Application of preoperative registration and automatic tracking technique for image-guided maxillofacial surgery.
abstract: To investigate the practicality of preoperative registration technique in navigational surgery of facial skeleton.
  
  
  
  Five cases were underwent navigational surgery with the preoperative registration technique. The accuracy of registration process was determined, and the deviation between planning model and postoperative computed tomography (CT) model was detected.
  
  
  
  In each case, the preoperative registration was successful for navigational surgery. Preoperative registration and automatic tracking enabled registration free in the operation procedure. The registration precision measured by the system was less than 0.8 mm. The deviation between the intraoperative anatomy and the CT image was less than 1.5 mm.
  
  
  
  Preoperative registration technique demonstrates the potential for improved workflow and accuracy in navigational surgery procedures. This technique was found to be particularly advantageous in cases of mandible navigational surgery in which the dynamic reference frame's hard to be fixed.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China.|b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology , Huang Pu District , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China.|b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology , Huang Pu District , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Xudong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China.|b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology , Huang Pu District , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Jianfei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science , Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai , China.|b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology , Huang Pu District , Shanghai , China.
authors.forename: Guofang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D059925:Anatomic Landmarks; D004867:Equipment Design; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D063172:Genioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012886:Skull / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Accuracy; craniofacial; navigation; registration