Abstract
This article demonstrates a technique of generating digital endocasts of the cranial interior using the three-dimensional (3D) vision system. Obtained digital endocasts reflected the shape and size of the brain, pattern of dural vascularization, position, and interlocking of the cranial sutures. Hence, some minor anatomical structures (granulations faveole, digital impressions) were recorded by the 3D vision system and were revealed on the digital endocasts.
This study was conducted with the approval (KBET/109/B/2012) of the Bioethics Committee of the Jagiellonian University. This study was funded using Jagiellonian University Medical College statutory funds.
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