A novel fully automatic design approach of a 3D printed face specific mask: Proof of concept

• Eman Shaheen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eman Shaheen, Robin Willaert

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: eman.shaheen@uzleuven.be

  Current address: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-3791

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• Robin Willaert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Eman Shaheen, Robin Willaert

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Isabel Miclotte ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Ruxandra Coropciuc ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Michel Bila ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7735-4665

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• Constantinus Politis

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Imaging and Pathology, OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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