Topological optimization for designing patient-specific large craniofacial segmental bone replacements.
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SUBMITTER: Sutradhar A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2922124 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Topological optimization for designing patient-specific large craniofacial segmental bone replacements.
Sutradhar Alok A Paulino Glaucio H GH Miller Michael J MJ Nguyen Tam H TH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100713 30
Restoring normal function and appearance after massive facial injuries with bone loss is an important unsolved problem in surgery. An important limitation of the current methods is heuristic ad hoc design of bone replacements by the operating surgeon at the time of surgery. This problem might be addressed by incorporating a computational method known as topological optimization into routine surgical planning. We tested the feasibility of using a multiresolution three-dimensional topological opti ...[more]
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