Possibilities of this project

[mauigna06]

Here I some ideas I have about this project.

I think this can already be done (at least the fibula surgical guides):

If we get funding I think we could develop code for mandible reconstruction using iliac crest, mandible reconstruction using scapula and mandible reconstruction using rib. We can also develop algorithm to create custom titanium plates to be 3D printed.

Here is a planning using iliac crest, making of surgical guides and custom titanium plate. It shows a process we could replicate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RMermYOOYY

I think the main thing needed to achieve this is a new transform widget that could rotate that bone around a specified point with an axis of rotation parallel to the camera view and that it could (if desired) move the bone by moving the origin of the widget. Like this:

https://youtu.be/7RMermYOOYY?t=98

I would like to develop it.

If custom titanium plates are made, immediate dental implants can be achieved: https://youtu.be/-usCFduxTV8?t=1039

There are some surgeons that plan implants without custom titanium plates putting the holes for them in fibula surgical guide: https://youtu.be/3ly4qmrGGU0?t=404

[mauigna06]

Currently a workflow as the one below is possible to be developed because of latest Slicer upgrades to interactive transforms

Related https://github.com/SlicerIGT/SlicerBoneReconstructionPlanner/issues/93