The Big Giant Paper
I realize that I haven’t been writing as much here lately. That’s mostly because I’ve been spending so much time working out the details of my my final paper for the upcoming defense of my masters degree. It’s looking like I am going to present just next week, and it is overwhelming how much there is to get in order. I’d like to post the whole paper here at some point, though I suppose I should look in to whether or not I’m going to submit it anywhere else before I go putting it up online. Here is the abstract though, for those of you interested in what I’m up to these days…
ABSTRACT
There is a need for education materials for patients undergoing orthognathic surgery. The problem of conveying intricate accurate anatomical information to patients presents a design challenge for creators of such educational materials. The goal of this project was to explore possibilities for using new advancements in 3D animation technology to improve understanding on the part of patients prior to surgery. Computed tomography (CT) scanning, surgical observation, 3D animation, editing software, and DVD authoring technologies were utilized in the creation of a 3D animation for patients preparing to under-go the bilateral sagittal split osteotomy of the mandible and osseous genioplasty surgical procedures.
Sitting at a current 29-32 pages (depending on whether or not you count the script that I’m including but haven’t placed yet), I believe this is by far the longest paper I’ve ever written. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that for now, as I need to get back to all that academic sayin’ that’s got to get done already!