Three-dimensional Imaging Methods for Quantitative Analysis of Facial Soft Tissues and Skeletal Morphology in Patients with Orofacial Clefts: A Systematic Review

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e93442
• Main Authors: Kuijpers, Mette A. R., Chiu, Yu-Ting, Nada, Rania M., Carels, Carine E. L., Fudalej, Piotr S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2014; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Asymmetry; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Bone grafts; Care and treatment; Casts; Cleft Lip - pathology; Cleft lip/palate; Cleft Palate - pathology; Clinical outcomes; Computed tomography; Dental Casting Technique; Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Dimensional analysis; Documents; Evaluation; Face - pathology; Facial Bones - pathology; Facial pain; Humans; Identification methods; Imaging; Imaging techniques; Imaging, Three-Dimensional - methods; Lists; Literature reviews; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Medicine and Health Sciences; Morphology; Mouth diseases; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Orofacial clefts; Orofacial pain; Orthodontics; Orthopedics; Patients; Physical Sciences; Physicians; PubMed; Quality assessment; Quantitative analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Skeleton; Soft tissues; Stereophotogrammetry; Studies; Surgery; Symmetry; Systematic review; Three dimensional imaging; Tissue analysis; Tissues; Tomography; United States; Netherlands

Current guidelines for evaluating cleft palate treatments are mostly based on two-dimensional (2D) evaluation, but three-dimensional (3D) imaging methods to assess treatment outcome are steadily rising. To identify 3D imaging methods for quantitative assessment of soft tissue and skeletal morphology...