According to Andrey Karmanov, the deputy head of the GIS Department, their research can be applied in various fields of science, you only need to look wider on the technologies opportunities and invite specialists from other disciplines to work on the theme. Thus, the interaction of members of the department with medicine began several years ago when some medicine specialists began their education in the framework of the department master’s degree.
One of the most promising areas of the department work in the field of translational medicine is a possibility of rapid and highly accurate construction of 3D-model of the human jaw. Nowadays, in most Russian dental offices the past century methods are still in use. In prosthetics purposes a plaster model of the jaw is made the creation of which takes a large amount of time and does not guarantee accurate reproduction. For the implementation of services such as the correction of bite and teeth alignment, a dentist carries out all the measurements himself and chooses the method of orthodontic treatment. If the dentist makes a mistake here, the whole process will be much more complicated. But the analysis of the data obtained in the course of computer mouth sensing, and the creation of 3D-model, will allow avoiding any adverse effects of treatment."Modern methods of data analysis that we have will allow making all the necessary calculations automatically when designing the individual burls, braces and other corrective devices," Andrey Karmanov says. "Moreover, 3D-model shows how the structure of the jaw changes after the treatment. The modeling capabilities of the oral cavity apply to the area of dental prosthetics as well. Ideally, there should be a general dental database that will store the 3D-models of the patients’ jaws. If they suddenly need to make dentures or restore the tooth, these data will allow recreate the tooth in its original form. In the presence of 3D-printers, the manufacture of the dental implants will reach a completely new level."
A proper automatic processing of data obtained as a result of probing is also necessary for early diagnosis of cancer, pulmonary, cardiovascular diseases. Now experiments in the field of 3D-modeling are at an early stage, but the GIS Department employees are sure that the results will not keep you waiting. Research is being conducted with the support of The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Peterburg and Heinrich Khatskevich, MD, Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation.
"Our task here is not the design of a new generation of computer probes but improving the processing of the secondary data. This is not only the three-dimensional reconstruction of the investigated organ, but also the connection of our software packages with the function of pattern recognition. Such a system will help with mass clinical examination, when a doctor is simply has no time for a thorough, long study of the patient. Our method of data processing will automatically identify anomalies that the human eye can overlook. Systematics of large amounts of data is also included in our software. The image filtering will save time for physicians when studying the images. Time is the most precious resource in the diagnosis and treatment." Andrey Karmanov says.
The implementation of these ideas does not require the usage of the cutting-edge technologies and expensive equipment in doctor's office. The creation of a unified data centers can solve the problem, the doctor will contact with them via PC. Now the GIS Department staff does this project in cooperation with NN Petrov Oncology Research Institute.