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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2009 Oct;67(10):2093–2106. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.04.057

Fig 2.

Fig 2

Orientation of the composite skull model to the NHP using the laser scanner method

a. The surface geometry of the facial soft tissue is captured while the patient is sitting on a calibrated chair at the center of the laser scanner

b. Captured surface geometry (scanned image) of the facial soft tissue.

c. In the computer, a soft tissues model is rendered and the composite model is “glued” to the soft tissue model.

d. The soft tissue model is aligned to the NHP by matching it to the scanned image.

e. Both soft tissue and composite skull models are thus oriented to the NHP.

f. The composite skull model is in the NHP after the soft tissue is hidden.