Selective laser sintering: application of a rapid prototyping method in craniomaxillofacial reconstructive surgery

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 739-743

  Aung, S C ^a   Tan, B K ^a   Foo, C L ^a   Lee, S T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomodels; Craniofacial surgery; Rapid prototyping systems; Selective laser sintering

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY; METHODOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; MAXILLOFACIAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033183649     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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