A surgical training model manufacture using rapid prototyping technology

• Author(s): Queijo, Luís ; Rocha, João ; Barreira, Luísa ; Barbosa, Tiago M. ; Pereira, Paulo Miguel ; San Juan, Manuel
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1800
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Rapid prototyping; CT; MRI; Lytic spondylolisthesis; DICOM; FDM; TDP
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

http://apps.isiknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=T2OeG9p1M66Alkcco4N&page=1&doc=1&colname=WOS The use of rapid prototyping has increasingly begun to reveal itself as a tool of great value in supporting medical activity. From two-dimensional medical images from computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) it is possible to obtain three-dimensional models. The models produced by rapid prototyping technologies are useful both in educational and medical-surgical environments. It can simplify the diagnosis of certain diseases, the development of complex surgical procedures, the prostheses and medical devices manufacture and the visualization of anatomical structures in educational environment.