Evolution of 3D Surface Imaging Systems in Facial Plastic Surgery

Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-602

  Tzou, Chieh Han John ^a   Frey, Manfred ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3D photography; 3D Surface imaging; 3dMD; Axis Three; Canfield; Di3d; Facial analysis; Stereo photogrammetry; Structured light; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAMERA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVICE; FACE SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LASER; LIQUID CRYSTAL RANGE FINDER; LUMINANCE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PLASTIC SURGERY; REVIEW; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACE IMAGING; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDITY; VIDEORECORDING;

AUSTRIA; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 80054757646     PISSN: 10647406     EISSN: 15581926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2011.07.003     Document Type: Review

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