TY - JOUR
AU - Giesel, F.
AB - Int J CARS (2010) 5:335–341 DOI 10.1007/s11548-010-0476-x REVIEW ARTICLE F. Rengier · A. Mehndiratta · H. von Tengg-Kobligk · C. M. Zechmann · R. Unterhinninghofen · H.-U. Kauczor · F. L. Giesel Received: 25 January 2010 / Accepted: 21 April 2010 / Published online: 15 May 2010 © CARS 2010 Abstract Results Patient–clinician interaction, surgical training, med- Purpose Generation of graspable three-dimensional objects ical research and education may require graspable 3D applied for surgical planning, prosthetics and related appli- objects. The limitations of rapid prototyping include cost and cations using 3D printing or rapid prototyping is summarized complexity, as well as the need for specialized equipment and and evaluated. consumables such as photoresist resins. Materials and methods Graspable 3D objects overcome the Conclusions Medical application of rapid prototyping is fea- limitations of 3D visualizations which can only be displayed sible for specialized surgical planning and prosthetics appli- on flat screens. 3D objects can be produced based on CT or cations and has significant potential for development of new MRI volumetric medical images. Using dedicated post-pro- medical applications. cessing algorithms, a spatial model can be extracted from image data sets and exported to machine-readable data. That Keywords Rapid prototyping · 
TI - 3D printing based on imaging data: review of medical applications
JF - International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
DO - 10.1007/s11548-010-0476-x
DA - 2010-05-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/3d-printing-based-on-imaging-data-review-of-medical-applications-Aw39pzeDv0
SP - 335
EP - 341
VL - 5
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -