Reverse engineering techniques for cranioplasty: A case study

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Maravelakis, E ^a   David, K ^b   Antoniadis, A ^a   Manios, A ^c   Bilalis, N ^d   Papaharilaou, Y ^e  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SERRES   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cranioplasty; Implant modelling; Rapid prototyping; Reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); RAPID PROTOTYPING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRANIAL GEOMETRY; CRANIOPLASTY; IMPLANT MODELLING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHIC (STL) PHYSICAL MODELS;

REVERSE ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRANIOPLASTY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MOULD; PHYSICAL MODEL; SKULL DEFECT;

BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKULL;

EID: 39749195404     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900600700749     Document Type: Article

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