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5/2016
vol. 69 abstract:
Three-dimensional imaging in maxillofacial and plastic surgery
Katarzyna Bogusiak
1
,
Marek Kociński
2
,
Andrzej Materka
3
,
Piotr Arkuszewski
1
,
Aleksander Przygoński
1
Online publish date: 2016/10/23
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Recent advances in technology have made threedimensional
imaging and analysis possible. Different three-dimensional technologies such as 3-D cephalometry, morphoanalysis, moiré topography, multislice CT-assisted imaging, cone beam CT and MRI scanning, 3-D laser scanning and photographic modalities have been developed. None of these imaging techniques can alone capture and represent the true relationship between facial skeleton, soft tissue and dentition. Only image fusion models of different imaging techniques can create a 3-D virtual head displaying all of these elements. On the basis of such accurate 3-D face/head reconstruction a realistic prediction model of soft and hard tissues changes can be created. |