How AI Is Replacing the $50,000 Scanner in Your Surgeon’s Office

A Turkish startup is making millimetric surgical planning accessible from any smartphone — and elite surgeons around the world are paying attention.

For decades, the gold standard in preoperative facial surgery planning has required bulky, expensive clinical hardware. Kratos 3D has built an AI-powered platform that replaces the hardware entirely — letting patients perform their own facial scan at home using nothing but the phone already in their pocket.