Assessment of Facial Tissue Expansion With Three-Dimensional Digitizer Scanning

1 September 2002

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Vol. 13 (5) , 687-692
https://doi.org/10.1097/00001665-200209000-00017

Abstract

This article reports a three-dimensional (3D) digital color scanning system used in the measurement of facial soft tissue expansion. This system consists of digital scanning equipment, software for stereolithographical (STL) forms and nonuniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces, and a computer-aided design program. Accurate data for the area of scar excision and the expanded cervicofacial flap were obtained by using this measuring system in a young patient with scar contracture of the face. This technique can accurately model the reconstruction and make plastic surgery planning a truly interactive procedure.

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