Image Recognition and the Reconstruction of Cleft Palate Histological Preparations: A New Approach

Abstract

Serial coronal histological sections ofcleft palate and normal 12 week fetal specimens are video scanned. The digitized data in a matrix of 108 data points are recorded and through computer manipulation three dimensional reconstructions are produced. These can be resec-tioned by computer in various planes to expose any given structure for study. This is the first application of such a technique to these problems.