Assessing craniofacial surgical simulation

Author

Patel, Vikas V. ; Vannier, Michael W. ; Marsh, Jeffrey L. ; Lo, Lun-Jou

Author_Institution

Washington Univ. Sch. of Med., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

16

Issue

1

fYear

1996

fDate

1/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

54

Abstract

Interactive computer graphics visualization allows simulation of craniofacial procedures before surgical intervention. Two simulation modes are currently available: physical replicas created with CT data applied to numerically controlled milling machines or stereolithography machines; and 3D graphical images created from tomographic data. The validity of graphically rendered CT or MR scanned images is carefully measured by simulating craniofacial surgical procedures and testing each step in the process

Keywords

biomedical NMR; brain; computerised tomography; digital simulation; medical image processing; surgery; tomography; 3D graphical images; CT data; MR scanned images; craniofacial surgical procedures; craniofacial surgical simulation; graphically rendered CT; interactive computer graphics visualization; numerically controlled milling machines; physical replicas; simulation modes; stereolithography machines; surgical intervention; tomographic data; Computational modeling; Computed tomography; Computer graphics; Computer simulation; Data visualization; Metalworking machines; Rendering (computer graphics); Stereolithography; Surgery; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.481602

Filename

481602