3D printing of patient-specific anatomy: A tool to improve patient consent and enhance imaging interpretation by trainees

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 712-714

  Liew, Yaoren ^a   Beveridge, Erin ^b   Demetriades, Andreas K ^c   Hughes, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D printing; medical education; patient consent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TRAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ANATOMIC MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEUROSURGERY; PRECISION MEDICINE; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPINAL FUSION; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84949461238     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1026799     Document Type: Article

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