Multimodal registration of the face for computer-aided maxillofacial surgery

Thierry Leloup (1) , Matthieu Chabanas (1) , Yohan Payan (2)

1 TIMC-IMAG - Techniques de l'Ingénierie Médicale et de la Complexité - Informatique, Mathématiques et Applications, Grenoble - UMR 5525
2 TIMC-IMAG-GMCAO - Gestes Medico-chirurgicaux Assistés par Ordinateur

This paper introduces a multimodal elastic registration algorithm applied to match a generic Finite Element model of the face to several patients morphologies. The method is automatic and appears to be accurate and robust. The computing time is compatible with clinical practice constraints.

Mots clés: Finite Element Face Model; generic mode; registration; mesh-matching

Domaines: Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Ingénierie biomédicale

Thierry Leloup, Matthieu Chabanas, Yohan Payan. Multimodal registration of the face for computer-aided maxillofacial surgery. 2006. ⟨hal-00108503⟩