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SUBMITTER: Nakao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5008776 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nakao Megumi M Aso Shimpei S Imai Yuichiro Y Ueda Nobuhiro N Hatanaka Toshihide T Shiba Mao M Kirita Tadaaki T Matsuda Tetsuya T
PloS one 20160901 9
This study was performed to quantitatively analyze medical knowledge of, and experience with, decision-making in preoperative virtual planning of mandibular reconstruction. Three shape descriptors were designed to evaluate local differences between reconstructed mandibles and patients' original mandibles. We targeted an asymmetrical, wide range of cutting areas including the mandibular sidepiece, and defined a unique three-dimensional coordinate system for each mandibular image. The generalized ...[more]