Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Assess Perceived Age and Donor Facial Resemblance After Face Transplantation
Although patients more closely resembled their donor's resemblance posttransplantation, their perceived age correlated more significantly with their actual age than their donor allograft age. The findings of this study provide a helpful framework for counseling prospective patients on their expected appearance postoperatively.
Authors
- Viola A. Stögner
- Leonard Knoedler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8949-3168)
- Bohdan Pomahač (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3703-8240)
- Sam Boroumand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0736-1610)
- Martin Kauke‐Navarro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5399-4166)
- Omar Allam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7385-7959)
- Lioba Huelsboemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4795-0225)
- Siba Haykal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-2810)
- Samuel A. Knoedler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5798-8003)
- Felix J Klimitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1278-0505)
- Emily Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2265-4950)
- Aliyar Zahedi Vafa
Institutions
- Yale University (US)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sap.0000000000004334
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.94