Additive manufacturing models of fetuses built from three-dimensional ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scan data

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-361

  Werner, H ^a,b   Dos Santos, J R L ^c,e   Fontes, R ^c   Daltro, P ^a,d   Gasparetto, E ^a,b   Marchiori, E ^b   Campbell, S ^f  

^a Radiologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

^f Create Health Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Computed tomography; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956201744     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.7619     Document Type: Article

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