Improving the process of making rapid prototyping models from medical ultrasound images

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-298

  Vaezi, Mohammad ^a   Chua, Chee Kai ^b,c   Chou, Siaw Meng ^b  

^a BABOL NOSHIRVANI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3D printing; Foetus model; Image processing; Rapid prototypes; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

2D IMAGES; 3-D PRINTING; 3D MODELS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; HIGH QUALITY; HISTOGRAM-BASED SEGMENTATIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING - METHODS; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGES; OPTIMUM VALUE; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROCESS TIME; RAPID PROTOTYPE; RAPID PROTOTYPING MODEL; SEMIAUTOMATIC METHODS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODELS; PRINTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84866280668     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541211231716     Document Type: Article

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