Abstract
Complex maxillofacial malformations continue to present challenges in analysis and correction beyond modern technology. The purpose of this paper is to present a virtual-reality workbench for surgeons to perform virtual orthognathic surgical planning and soft-tissue prediction in three dimensions. A resulting surgical planning system, i.e., three-dimensional virtual-reality surgical-planning and soft-tissue prediction for orthognathic surgery, consists of four major stages: computed tomography (CT) data post-processing and reconstruction, three-dimensional (3-D) color facial soft-tissue model generation, virtual surgical planning and simulation, soft-tissue-change preoperative prediction. The surgical planning and simulation are based on a 3-D CT reconstructed bone model, whereas the soft-tissue prediction is based on color texture-mapped and individualized facial soft-tissue model. Our approach is able to provide a quantitative osteotomy-simulated bone model and prediction of postoperative appearance with photorealistic quality. The prediction appearance can be visualized from any arbitrary viewing point using a low-cost personal-computer-based system. This cost-effective solution can be easily adopted in any hospital for daily use.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-107 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2001 |
Keywords
- Maxillofacial deformity
- Orthognathic surgery
- Soft-tissue-change prediction
- Three-dimensional surgical planning and simulation
- Virtual reality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management
- Information Systems
- Computer Science Applications
- Computational Theory and Mathematics