Reverse engineering techniques applied to a human skull, for CAD 3D reconstruction and physical replication by rapid prototyping

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-111

  Galantucci, L M ^a   Percoco, G ^a   Angelelli, G ^b   Lopez, C ^b   Introna, F ^b   Liuzzi, C ^b   De Donno, A ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SKULL; MEDICO-LEGAL INVESTIGATIONS; PHYSICAL REPLICATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING (RP); SKULL-PHOTO SUPERIMPOSITION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; INFORMATION SCIENCE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SKULL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKULL;

EID: 33645004702     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900500131714     Document Type: Article

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