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12 Systems face: computer aided treatment of facial diseases

Example for the holographic data acquisition with extremly high resolution and ultrafast input time (about 30 ns)

For human beings the face has an existential meaning. With its mimic it represents the unique perceivable identity of an individual. The face is the part of the body where the most important sense organs are placed on a close area. The facial musculo-skeletal system consists of the bony morphological fundament and the functional soft tissues. For any surgical treatment this has to be considered. The aim of this project is to create a setup for complex facial surgery. The analysis, the surgical planning and the simulation should be based on a 3D universal model of the human face.

Sub Projects

12/1 Facial surgery

Project Leader: Katja Schwenzer Zimmerer - University Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Basel

 

12/2 Registration and predictive modeling of human faces

Development of a reference data set representing the statistical variability of face and head appearances within the population. The statistical model on the appearance of faces will be used to develop novel registration methods for a better quantitative comparison of head data.

Project Leader: Thomas Vetter - Graphics and Vision Research Group, University of Basel

 

12/3 Morphology applicator

A new CO2-laser with a computer-assisted scanner allowing a precise and arbitrary guidance of the laser beam will be tested to allow new and sophisticated cut geometries. Navigation systems and robotics will be tested to extend the surgical possibilities and to improve the treatment.

Project Leader: Robert Alexander Sader - University Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital Basel

 

12/4 Facial simulation

Simulation of highly realistic 3D pictures of the post surgical shape combining both volume and surface data to build a physically based facial model, allowing interactive manipulations and the prediction of resulting facial shape.

Project Leader: Markus Gross - Institute for Visual Computing, ETH Zurich

 

12/5 Clinical validation

Clinical evaluation of the planning, intraoperative and postoperative changes and prediction of operations in the field of septorhinoplasty, otoplasty, parotid surgery and extensive tumour surgery.

Project Leader: Marco Caversaccio - University Hospital Bern, Dept. of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

 

12/6 Histology

Fracture healing of bones after osteotomies: Comparison of histologies with laser osteotomies, conventional saw blade and specially designed saw blade.

Project Leader: Brigitte von Rechenberg - Equine Hospital, Musculoskeletal Research Unit (MSRU), University of Zurich

 

12/7 Clinical applications

The aim of this project is to examine fracture healing under functional loading after computer-guided osteotomy with a short-pulsed CO2-laser

Project Leader: Johannes Kuttenberger - Klinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Kantonsspital Luzern

 

Project Coordination

Project Leader: Hans-Florian Zeilhofer - University Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital Basel
Deputy: Philipp Juergens - University Clinic for Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, University Hospital Basel


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