Craniofacial Growth and Asymmetry in Newborns: A Longitudinal 3D Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the development of the craniofacial region in healthy infants and analyze the asymmetry pattern in the first year of life.

Methods

The participants were grouped by sex and age (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months) to receive three-dimensional (3D) photographs. Stereoscopic craniofacial photos were captured and transformed into a series of craniofacial meshes in each group. The growth patterns of the anthropometric indices and the degree of craniofacial asymmetry were measured, and average craniofacial meshes and color-asymmetry maps with craniofacial asymmetry scores were calculated.

Results

A total of 373 photographs from 66 infants were obtained. In both genders, the highest and lowest growth rates for all anthropometric indices were noted between 1 a

SUBMITTER: Lo AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9564900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature