The oral and maxillofacial region has a complicated anatomy with critical contiguous organs,
including the brain, eyes, vital teeth, and complex networks of nerves and blood vessels …

As virtual anthropology is becoming more and more ubiquitous, so are the means to acquire,
process and analyze 3D data. Among these means, surface scanners have gained a …

The demand for cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) imaging in clinics, particularly in
dentistry, is rapidly increasing. Preoperative surgical planning is crucial to achieving desired …

Visualization in Medicine is the first book on visualization and its application to problems in
medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book describes the algorithms, the …

Background Dynamic navigation approaches are widely employed in the context of implant
placement surgery, with registration being integral to the accuracy of such navigation …

Visual Computing for Medicine, Second Edition, offers cutting-edge visualization techniques
and their applications in medical diagnosis, education, and treatment. The book includes …

BACKGROUND: Surgical navigation requires registration of the pre-operative image dataset
with the patient in the operation theatre. Various marker and marker-free registration …

In this study, the three‐dimensional (3D) accuracy of navigation‐guided (NG) socket drilling
before implant installation was compared to the conventional free‐hand (CF) method in a …

Purpose Augmented reality (AR) navigation, is a visible 3-dimensional display technology,
that, when combined with robot-assisted surgery (RAS), allows precision and automation in …

There are many different types of errors in neuronavigation, and the reasons and results of
these errors are complex. For a neurosurgeon using the neuronavigation system, it is …