Novel application of geometric morphometrics to cardiac surgical simulation.

In this report, geometric morphometrics, approaches of shape analysis developed in biology, is applied to analyze patch shapes created by surgeons through surgical simulation for an intraatrial rerouting procedure. Geometric morphometrics can be a useful armamentarium in pediatric cardiac surgery in which shape matters. PMID: 32511990 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research