Creation of three-dimensional craniofacial standards from CBCT images

Krishna Subramanyan; Martin Palomo; Mark Hans

doi:10.1117/12.653565

15 March 2006 Creation of three-dimensional craniofacial standards from CBCT images

Krishna Subramanyan, Martin Palomo, Mark Hans

Proceedings Volume 6144, Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing; 61444Z (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.653565
Event: Medical Imaging, 2006, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Low-dose three-dimensional Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) is becoming increasingly popular in the clinical practice of dental medicine. Two-dimensional Bolton Standards of dentofacial development are routinely used to identify deviations from normal craniofacial anatomy. With the advent of CBCT three dimensional imaging, we propose a set of methods to extend these 2D Bolton Standards to anatomically correct surface based 3D standards to allow analysis of morphometric changes seen in craniofacial complex. To create 3D surface standards, we have implemented series of steps. 1) Converting bi-plane 2D tracings into set of splines 2) Converting the 2D splines curves from bi-plane projection into 3D space curves 3) Creating labeled template of facial and skeletal shapes and 4) Creating 3D average surface Bolton standards. We have used datasets from patients scanned with Hitachi MercuRay CBCT scanner providing high resolution and isotropic CT volume images, digitized Bolton Standards from age 3 to 18 years of lateral and frontal male, female and average tracings and converted them into facial and skeletal 3D space curves. This new 3D standard will help in assessing shape variations due to aging in young population and provide reference to correct facial anomalies in dental medicine.

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Krishna Subramanyan, Martin Palomo, and Mark Hans "Creation of three-dimensional craniofacial standards from CBCT images", Proc. SPIE 6144, Medical Imaging 2006: Image Processing, 61444Z (15 March 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.653565

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