Planning of skull reconstruction based on a statistical shape model combined with geometric morphometrics.
Marc Anton FuessingerSteffen SchwarzCarl-Peter CorneliusMarc Christian MetzgerEdward EllisFlorian ProbstWiebke Semper-HoggMathieu GassStefan SchlagerPublished in: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery (2017)
The presented computer-based approach using SSM is a precise and simple tool in the field of computer-assisted surgery. It helps to reconstruct large-size defects of the skull considering the natural asymmetry of the cranium and is not limited to unilateral defects.