Towards an integrated system for planning and assisting maxillofacial orthognathic surgery

  • Authors:
  • Raphael Olszewski;Marta B. Villamil;Daniela G. Trevisan;Luciana P. Nedel;Carla M. D. S. Freitas;Hervé Reychler;Benoit Macq

  • Affiliations:
  • Université catholique de Louvain, Saint Luc University Clinics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Brussels, Belgium;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Informática, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Université catholique de Louvain, Communication and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Louvain-la-Ne ...;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Informática, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Université catholique de Louvain, Communication and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Louvain-la-Ne ...;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Informática, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Université catholique de Louvain, Communication and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Louvain-la-Ne ...;Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Informática, Porto Alegre, Brazil;Université catholique de Louvain, Saint Luc University Clinics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Brussels, Belgium;Université catholique de Louvain, Communication and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Computer-assisted maxillofacial orthognathic surgery is an emerging and interdisciplinary field linking orthognathic surgery, remote signal engineering and three-dimensional (3D) medical imaging. Most of the computational solutions already developed make use of different specialized systems which introduce difficulties both in the information transfer from one stage to the others and in the use of such systems by surgeons. Trying to address such issue, in this work we present a common computer-based system that integrates proposed modules for planning and assisting the maxillofacial surgery. With that we propose to replace the current standard orthognathic preoperative planning, and to bring information from a virtual planning to the real operative field. The system prototype, including three-dimensional cephalometric analysis, static and dynamic virtual orthognathic planning, and mixed reality transfer of information to the operation room, is described and the first results obtained are presented.