Pre-surgical CT/FEA for craniofacial distraction: I.: Methodology, development, and validation of the cranial finite element model

Recently, surgeons have begun to treat serious congenital craniofacial deformities including craniosynostoses with mechanical devices that gradually distract the skull. As a prospective means of treatment planning for such complex deformities, FE models derived from routine preoperative CT scans (CT...

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