Role of Rapid Digital Manufacture in Planning and Implementation of Complex Medical Treatments

Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Medical Applications: Reverse Engineering, Software Conversion and Rapid Prototyping

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 15-30

  Christensen, Andrew M ^a   Humphries, Stephen M ^b  

^a Medical Modeling LLC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Patient specific anatomical features; Preplanned treatment parameters; Rapid digital manufacture; Rapid digital manufacture techniques; Surgical planning; Virtual planning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748972893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470033983.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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