CephX can generate a 3D visualization of the airway if a CBCT/DICOM file that includes both jaws is provided.
In the 3D view section, click the View menu in the top-left corner to access the Airway View.
Above the Airway section, you can choose what you want to display or focus on by clicking the desired toggle:
Square Outline – to highlight the selected area.
Line View – to display a linear view of the airway.
Cut a Slice – to view a specific cross-section.
Focus 3D Airway View
Furthermore, use the right-side panel to scroll between airway slices and view the following measurements: Area, AP Distance, RL Distance, Slice Position, and Bottom Slice. All of these measurements are also included in the exported report.
Multi-View Layout
The Multi-View layout makes it much easier to see how each slice corresponds to the 3D anatomy. You can quickly understand where the slice is located, how it relates to surrounding structures, and gain a clearer overall view of the case.
Navigate the Sagittal, Axial, and Coronal views on the left side of the screen. When you adjust a position line on any slice, the corresponding line on the 3D airway model will update in real time.
Generate Video
The Airway View now features an automatic airway generation tool that reconstructs the 3D airway model directly from the DICOM scan.
All you need to do is select “Generate Video” to view an overview of the airway reconstruction.
Airway Average Ellipse of Minimal Area Slice
This feature means that along the length of the airway, the software finds the cross‑section where the airway area is smallest, then fits an ellipse to that contour and calculates its size and orientation as an average measure.
To access the Average Ellipse, click the button at the top.
On Minimal Area slices, clicking the regression-ellipse icon displays additional data by showing the area of the average ellipse, providing a quick quantitative measure of the narrowest airway region.
For assistance with your customized analysis, please contact our analysis experts at support@cephx.com or via our chat feature.