Craniosynostosis are a heterogeneous group of genetic conditions characterized by the premature fusion of the skull bones. The most common forms of craniosynostosis are Crouzon, Apert and Pfeiffer syndromes.
To develop a semi-automatic technique to evaluate normative facial growth in healthy children between the age of 1.5 and 5.0 years using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetric images.
Conclusion: clinical parameters can be reliably measured in a fully automated system, paving the way for objective analysis of symmetry, body shape pre/post-surgery, and tracking of pathology without ionizing radiation.
This descriptive, retrospective, single centre cohort study aims to describe the contribution of 3D photographs in the assessment of the degree of facial asymmetry changes over time in growing children and adolescents with ECDS and PRS.
Patient individualized oronasal and nasal masks were produced. An automated design workflow and use of additive manufacturing enabled a fast and feasible procedure.
The goal was to find objective measurements that would correlate with the patient’s subjective self-evaluation of their own cosmetic appearance.
The authors analyzed a number of metrics measured using 3D stereophotogrammetry following ESCH, an imaging alternative that is free of ionizing radiation and can be performed on awake children.
..the broad autism phenotype observed among first-degree relatives of autistic people is expressed not only in behaviour and cognition but also in facial characteristics.
The objective is to quantify the effect of sex on adult facial size and shape through an analysis of three-dimensional (3D) facial surface images.
Results show a significant improvement…and encourage the clinical use of 3D photogrammetry to reduce exposure to radiation of children.