3D printing: a valuable resource in human anatomy education

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-65

  Vaccarezza, Mauro ^a,b   Papa, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D printing; Anatomy; Body donation; Dissection; Medical education

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY REGIONS; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRANIAL NERVE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEARNING; LETTER; LIQUID; MACHINE LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLASTINATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SKIN; SKULL BASE; TEACHING; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOPOGRAPHY; ANATOMY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ANATOMY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84921936894     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-014-0257-7     Document Type: Letter

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