Laboratory of 3D Imaging and Analytical Methods ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** * Offer ****************************************************************************************** - High resolution scanning of any object, human skull or other part of the human body - Expertise in virtual anthropology, i.e., acquisition, analysis of different types of 3D points, curves, surface and volume models), statistical analyses, documentation and interp results - Expertise in human growth and development with an overlap into biomedicine (e.g., compar body’s morphology with respect to therapy, development of standards of human body developm - Expertise in forensics and bioarchaeology (estimation of demographic indicators such as height, reconstruction of missing bone parts, facial reconstruction using the skull, analy microstructure and diet reconstruction of historic populations) - Whole body composition analysis (bioelectrical impedance analysis) ****************************************************************************************** * Know-how & Technologies ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Scanning with Surface Scanners *========================================================================================= - Laser scanning - Structured-light scanning - Scanning of living or non-living objects *========================================================================================= * Post-processing *========================================================================================= - Acquisition, processing, interpretation of results of landmark, curvature, surface and v - Data analysis (landmark, curvature, surface, volumetric data) with geometric morphometri *========================================================================================= * Analysis of Body Composition of Living Humans *========================================================================================= - Measuring body composition using bioelectrical impedance analysis ****************************************************************************************** * Content of Research ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Human morphology and variability *========================================================================================= - Morphological comparison of the human body, its parts in time and geographical horizons, pathologies - Research in facial morphology in orofacial cleft disorders and rare syndromes - Monitoring ontogenetic development of the face, including senescence changes and facial - Development of prediction systems for aging or rejuvenating the face for the purposes of *========================================================================================= * Biological Profile of an Individual *========================================================================================= - Analysis of the human skeleton (most frequently the pelvis and skull) for determining se - Analysis of 3D models of articulation surfaces for estimating age - Estimation of body mass using long bones - Virtual reconstructions of fossil skeletal material for use in žrbioarchaeology and fore *========================================================================================= * Key Research Equipment *========================================================================================= Our fully equipped and modern laboratory uses a wide range of software and hardware. We ha surface scanners for digitizing different surface types. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Full-body/facial Scanners and Suitable for Nonliving Objects ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 3dMDface System - Scanner Vectra 3D - HP 3D Structured light scanner PRO S3 - Laser scanner Breuckmann smartSCAN - Roland Picza 3D Laser Scanner LPX-1200DS and LPX250 - Contact scanner MicroScribe G2X ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Other Equipment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Morphome3cs - Rapidform - Amira - Rhinoceros - InBody 230 *========================================================================================= * Partnerships & Collaborations *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Academic Partners ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University | Second Faculty of Medicine at C | Czech Technical University in Prague | Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of National Museum, Prague | University of Coimbra | University of Bordeaux | Paul Sabatier U – Toulouse III | University of Aix-Marseilles II (Méditerranée) | University of Geneva | A University of Madrid | University of the Basque Country | Adam Mickiewicz University Pozna university, Batislava | Slovak national museum, Bratislava ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Private and Public Sector ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plastic Surgery Clinic, Third Medical Faculty and Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady *========================================================================================= * Main Projects *========================================================================================= - 2018–2020: “Classification of sex using skulls, soft tissue depth and craniofacial senes modelling in virtual anthropology” - 2018–2020: “Using 3D models of the articular surfaces of pelvic bones to estimate age at skeleton” - 2017–2019: “Lifestyle and identity of the Great Moravian nobility: archaeological and bi analysis of the evidence of Mikulčice’s uppermost elites” - 2017–2019: “Reconstruction of fossil hominin pelves from the Late Pleistocene: palaeobio functional interpretations” - 2016–2018: “Human diet in the early medieval period: synthesis of stable isotope analysi microstructure and its relationship to social stratification” - 2016–2018: “Forensic identification and progression/reversion of age in children and juv using 3D facial modelling of surface data: complex and per partes method” ****************************************************************************************** * Achievements ****************************************************************************************** - Procured devices and software equipment for 3D data imaging and analysis - Created an extended and unique database of (1) surface scans of faces of the Czech popul selected facial expressions (transversal and longitudinal data), (2) virtual models of hum and faces of patients with craniofacial malformations, (3) CT scans of heads and other bon contemporary population, (4) virtual models of fossils or skulls and bones of different pr historic periods - Proposed and created the software Morphome3cs II in collaboration with the Faculty of Ma and Physics at Charles University. This software processes landmark and curvature data as surfaces of models - Multidisciplinary collaboration to introduce neonatal cheiloplasty as the preferred surg with orofacial clefts - Developed standards for the Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, 2nd Faculty of M University and Motol University Hospital - Developed standards for the Plastic Surgery Clinic, 3rd Medical Faculty and Faculty Hosp Vinohrady - Created prediction models for estimating sex and age based on dentition - Published articles in high impact international journals on anthropological, forensic an topics (e.g., American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Forensic Science International, I Journal of Legal Medicine, PLOS One, American Journal of Human Biology, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, ****************************************************************************************** * Are you interested in this expertise? ****************************************************************************************** Please contact CPPT UK Web: www.cppt.cuni.cz/ [ URL "https://cppt.cuni.cz/"] Mail: transfer@cuni.cz Phone: +420 224 491 255 ****************************************************************************************** * Experts and their department ****************************************************************************************** Assoc. Prof. RNDr. Jana Velemínská, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology and Human Genetics Web: https://www.natur.cuni.cz/biology/anthropology [ URL "https://www.natur.cuni.cz/biolo