Surface Reconstruction from Parallel Curves with Application to Parietal Bone Fracture Reconstruction

Abdul Majeed; Abd Rahni Mt Piah; Zainor Ridzuan Yahya

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149921

Surface Reconstruction from Parallel Curves with Application to Parietal Bone Fracture Reconstruction

PLoS One. 2016 Mar 11;11(3):e0149921. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149921. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Abdul Majeed¹, Abd Rahni Mt Piah², Zainor Ridzuan Yahya³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Science and Technology, University of Education, Town Ship Lahore, Pakistan.
² School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
³ Institute of Engineering Mathematics, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Pauh, Perlis, Malaysia.

Abstract

Maxillofacial trauma are common, secondary to road traffic accident, sports injury, falls and require sophisticated radiological imaging to precisely diagnose. A direct surgical reconstruction is complex and require clinical expertise. Bio-modelling helps in reconstructing surface model from 2D contours. In this manuscript we have constructed the 3D surface using 2D Computerized Tomography (CT) scan contours. The fracture part of the cranial vault are reconstructed using GC1 rational cubic Ball curve with three free parameters, later the 2D contours are flipped into 3D with equidistant z component. The constructed surface is represented by contours blending interpolant. At the end of this manuscript a case report of parietal bone fracture is also illustrated by employing this method with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) illustration.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Imaging, Three-Dimensional / methods
Mandibular Reconstruction
Models, Anatomic*
Parietal Bone / diagnostic imaging*
Parietal Bone / injuries*
Parietal Bone / surgery
Skull Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
Skull Fractures / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Grants and funding

The authors would like to extend their gratitude to the Ministry of Education of Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia for supporting this work under its Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Account No. 203/PMATHS/6711365. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.