The mold is used to vacuum form the clear plastic mask. The scanner projects a plane of light onto the patient's head. As the scanning head rotates 360 degrees around the patient's head, the resulting profile bouncing back from the patient is captured by the camera, digitized, and stored as an array of radial values from the center of rotation. The resulting resolution is about 1 mm. The scanner does not present a danger to the patient in any way, but provides a quick and painless method of obtaining accurate contour data of the head and face.
Scanner quickly captures topographic data of patient.
The scanner captures both color and range data from the subject's head. The color image is useful for identifying and smoothing existing scars before creating the mold. The range data are edited and formatted for replicating these data in physical form. The mold is used to vacuum form the clear rigid plastic mask. The mask is trimmed and fit to the patient's face and held in place with straps.