Virtual reconstruction of paranasal sinuses from CT data: A feasibility study for forensic application
2019
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report the feasibility of computed modelization and reconstitution of the
paranasal sinuses, before and after trauma, from CT data. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We modeled and reconstructed the
paranasal sinusesof two patients (A and B), before and after trauma, using two different softwares (3DSlicer® and Blender®). Both patients had different numbers and locations of fractures. The 3DSlicer® software was used to create a 3D model from CT data. We then imported the 3D data into the Blender® software, to reconstruct and compare the dimensions of the
paranasal sinusesbefore and after trauma. RESULTS: The 3 fragments of patient A and the 7 fragments of patient B could be repositioned in the pre-traumatic configuration. Distance measurements proved to be similar between pre- and post-traumatic 3D volumes. CONCLUSION: After simple trauma, bone facial anatomy reconstruction is manually feasible. The whole procedure could benefit from automatization through machine learning. However, this feasibility must be confirmed on more severely fractured
paranasal sinuses, to consider an application in
forensic identification.
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