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[OCAS (Optic and computer aided surgery)].

D M Rheims·L Pflug
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OCAS is a new, original tool for the diagnosis of dismorphies, both in its conception (digitalisation of a moiré pattern on the body) and in its applications (predominantly surgical, for legal medicine and didactic purposes). By means of this new 3D method of measurement by digitalised moiré, the forms of the body in general, and those of the face in particular, can be studied and quantified with a high degree of accuracy. This precision in the geometrical analysis of its forms is achieved by combining the very latest developments in optics and computer technology. The authors present the current state of their research in the 3D synthesis and manipulation of the human image.

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D M Rheims, L Pflug. 1994. [OCAS (Optic and computer aided surgery)].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661561/

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