Direct fabrication through electron beam melting technology of custom cranial implants designed in a PHANToM-based haptic environment

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3186-3192

  Mazzoli, Alida ^a   Germani, Michele ^a   Raffaeli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Custom cranial implant; Electron beam melting (EBM); Haptic environment; PHANToM based tools

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; BIOCOMPATIBLE METALS; CRANIAL IMPLANTS; CUSTOM CRANIAL IMPLANT; CUSTOM-MADE CRANIAL PLATES; END-PRODUCT; HAPTIC ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN SKULL; PHANTOM-BASED TOOLS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; ELECTRON BEAM FURNACES; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; SMELTING;

METAL MELTING;

EID: 67349210322     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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