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Precision of three-dimensional CT-assisted model production in the maxillofacial area

European Radiology volume 2, pages 473–477 (1992)Cite this article

Abstract

Individual skull model fabrication was introduced into preoperative diagnostics in maxillofacial surgery in the mid-1980s. The aim of the present study was to collect information on the reproducibility of a skull model milled from hardened polyurethane foam. This model was based on the CT data of a real skull. Twenty comparative studies were carried out on both the model and the original skull, the model showing an average inaccuracy of 1.6 mm. The deviations ranged between 0.0 and 3.6 mm; the general trend favouring enlargements. The total deviation of the model as compared to the original skull was 1.8%. A convincing aspect of the model, which cannot be obtained by any other method, is its plasticity and the possibility of 3 D orientation on a lifesize model. This new method is already used in preoperative planning of corrections of post-traumatic defects and craniofacial deformities as well as in tumour surgery.

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  1. Department of Oral Surgery, Dental School of the University of Vienna, Waehringerstr.25 a, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    P. Solar, C. Ulm, W. Lill, G. Watzek & R. Blahout

  2. MRI Institute of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna, University Clinic for Radiodiagnostics General Hospital, Vienna and Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Radiological and Physical Tumour Diagnostics, Vienna, Austria

    H. Imhof

  3. Department Anatomy III, University of Vienna, Waehringerstr. 13, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

    H. Gruber & M. Matejka

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Solar, P., Ulm, C., Lill, W. et al. Precision of three-dimensional CT-assisted model production in the maxillofacial area. Eur. Radiol. 2, 473–477 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176356

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  • Three dimensional
  • Computed tomography
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