Craniofacial reconstruction using rational cubic ball curves.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25880632.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0122854 and PMC identifier 4400145.
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Abstract
This paper proposes the reconstruction of craniofacial fracture using rational cubic Ball curve. The idea of choosing Ball curve is based on its robustness of computing efficiency over Bezier curve. The main steps are conversion of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (Dicom) images to binary images, boundary extraction and corner point detection, Ball curve fitting with genetic algorithm and final solution conversion to Dicom format. The last section illustrates a real case of craniofacial reconstruction using the proposed method which clearly indicates the applicability of this method. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) has also been developed for practical application.
Medical subject headings
- Face
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Skull