Customisation of bio-ceramic implants using SLS

Virtual Modelling and Rapid Manufacturing - Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-151

  Coole, T ^a   Cruz, F ^b   Simoes J ^b   Bocking, C ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3-D SHAPE; 3D MEDICAL IMAGE; ACTIVE MATERIAL; APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; BONE GROWTH; BONE RECONSTRUCTION; CERAMIC IMPLANTS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUSTOMISATION; EXCELLENT MANUFACTURING; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN BONES; HYDROXYAPATITE COMPOSITE; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; POLY (L-LACTIDE); SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING;

APATITE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BONE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COST REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HYDROXYAPATITE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LASER HEATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANUFACTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RESONANCE; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SINTERING;

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EID: 42649135365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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