Quantification, Analysis and Simulation of Facial Mimics Movements
Quantification, Analysis and Simulation of Facial Mimics Movements
The SIMOVI project is a collaboration between our Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (CHU
 Amiens) and the Biomechanical bioengineer Research Department and Roberval Labs
 (Technological University of Compiègne). The question raised is the extent to which a facial
 mimic can be evaluated objectively. In today's clinical practice, the investigators use
 grading systems based on muscular scale or testing, in order to evaluate a facial muscular
 disorder. This assessment remains subjective because the investigators are deducing from
 surfacing cutaneous deformations the movement quality of the solicited muscle.

 This qualitative approach is therefore an approximate approach and deserves to be better
 thought to plan a surgical treatment which involves mimic facial muscle (as rehabilitation of
 facial palsy, cleft palate for example), to monitor the results, and to follow the recovery
 and progress in physiotherapy care.

 The aim of this study is to correlate external soft tissue movement (essentially cutaneous)
 during facial mimic with internal movement (essentially facial mimic muscle) using
 qualitative and QUANTITATIVE indicators, and to perform a biomechanical model of selected
 mimic face's movement using the precedent data.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Caucasian subject

 -  Ability to provide informed consent

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  Facial pathology

 -  Facial trauma

 -  Pregnant or breastfeeding.

 -  Contraindications to MRI