Design and manufacturing of ear prosthesis by means of rapid prototyping technology

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 296-302

  De Crescenzio, F ^a   Fantini, M ^a   Ciocca, L ^a   Persiani, F ^a   Scotti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAD CAM; facial rehabilitation; prosthetic rehabilitation; rapid prototyping; reverse engineering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURE; MOLDS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PROSTHETICS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; REVERSE ENGINEERING; SILICONES;

A-STABLE; CAD/CAMS; COST SAVING; DESIGN FEATURES; EAR PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC REHABILITATIONS; RAPID MANUFACTURING; RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXTERNAL EAR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; PROSTHESIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EAR, EXTERNAL; HUMANS; LASERS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN;

EID: 79951617081     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM856     Document Type: Article

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