Preliminary experience with medical applications of rapid prototyping by selective laser sintering

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-96

  Berry, E ^a,d   Brown, J M ^a   Connell, M ^b   Craven, C M ^c   Efford, N D ^a   Radjenovic, A ^a   Smith, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomic models; Computed tomography; Medical imaging; Selective laser sintering; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA TRANSFER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LASER SURGERY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING (SLS); STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

RAPID PROTOTYPING;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGING; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMUR; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LASERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030982950     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(96)00039-2     Document Type: Article

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