3dMD is awarded Phase I of STTR Grant with UNC at Chapel Hill for a Dynamic 4D Facial Soft Tissue Analysis System.

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Date: March 2011 Source: Press Announcement Headline: 3dMD is awarded Phase I of STTR Grant No. 1R41DE019742-01A1 with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Co-Principal Investigator Dr Carroll Ann Trotman, for a Dynamic 4D Facial Soft Tissue Analysis System. Atlanta (15-March-11): We are delighted to announce that 3dMD, working in conjunction with the Department of…

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On the Antiquity of Trisomy 21: Moving Towards a Quantitative Diagnosis of Down Syndrome in Historic Material Culture. John M. Starbuck

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Date: 2011 Source: Journal of Contemporary Anthropology, Vol. II (2011), Iss. 1. Abstract: Down syndrome was first medically described as a separate condition from other forms of cognitive impairment in 1866. Because it took so long for Down syndrome to be recognized as a clinical entity deserving its own status, several investigators have questioned whether…

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Automated 3-Dimensional Airway Analysis from Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Data. SA Schendel and D Hatcher

3dMD Customer Research, Dental, Medical, Multimodal (CT/CBCT), Oral and Maxillofacial, 3dMDface System

Date: March 2010. Source: Journal of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 696-701. Description: Evaluation of the airway using CT data is 3D and more precise than using traditional cephalometric radiographs but requires considerable manual manipulation of the data to achieve objective measurements. Medical CT has been used to study the airway changes…

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Quantitative analysis of facial movement—A review of three-dimensional imaging techniques. H Popat, S Richmond , L Benedikt , D Marshall , PL Rosin.

3dMD Customer Research, Dental, Medical, Orthodontics, Temporal-3D Systems (4D)

Date: July 2009. Source: Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics. Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 377-383. Abstract: Objective analysis of facial movement forms an important consideration in the assessment and outcome of several medical disciplines. Technological advances in the field of medical imaging have meant techniques to measure facial movement have evolved from subjective grading…

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Three-dimensional motion analysis – an exploratory study. Part 1: Assessment of facial movement. H Popat, S Richmond, R Playle, D Marshall, PL Rosin, D Cosker.

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Date: November 2008. Source: Orthodontic Craniofacial Research;11(4):216-223. doi:10.1111/j.1601-343.2008.00433.x. Objective: To objectively quantify facial movement in response to facial expression and spoken word. Design: Experimental study. Setting – Department of Dental Health and Biological Sciences, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff, UK. Experimental variable: Facial movement was assessed in response to a standardized smile expression and the utterance…

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3D Facial Gestures in Biometrics: from Feasibility Study to Application. L Benedikt, D Cosker, PL Rosin, D Marshall.

3dMD Customer Research, Biometric Security, Facial Recognition, Temporal-3D Systems (4D)

Date: September 2008. Source: Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems, 2008. BTAS 2008. 2nd IEEE International Conference; pp 1-6. Abstract: The human face has been so far mainly seen as a physiological biometric and very little work has been done to exploit the idiosyncrasies of facial gestures for person identification. This study proposes a markerless method…

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Materialise and 3dMD Announce Best-of-Breed Partnership.

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Date: July 2008. Source: Press Announcement. 3dMD’s high precision 3D surface imaging systems offered as an integrated part of Materialise’ powerful, patient-specific treatment software platform SurgiCase CMF. Atlanta, USA / Leuven, Belgium, July 24, 2008. Materialise and 3dMD announce a partnership that brings two best-of-breed solutions together, Materialise’ powerful, patient-specific software platform SurgiCase CMF with…

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3dMD Announces its Sleep Disorder Software Module and Esteemed Domain Expert Team Members.

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Date: May 2008. Source: Press Announcement. DENVER, CO (17 May 2008) – 3dMD, the world’s market leader in 3D surface imaging systems in healthcare and provider of sophisticated 3D imaging and simulation software, today announced that internationally-renowned pioneers in the surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Nelson B Powell, MD, DDS and Robert W…

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