Zhen Shen, Yong Yao, Yi Xie, Chao Guo, Xiuqin Shang, Xisong Dong, Yuqing Li, Zhouxian Pan, Shi Chen, Gang Xiong, Fei-Yue Wang, Hui Pan
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引用次数: 21
Abstract
In general, the 3 D printed medical models are made based on virtual digital models obtained from machines such as the computed tomography scanner. However, due to the limited accuracy of CT scanning technology, which is usually 1 millimeter, there are differences between scanned results and the real structure. Besides, the collected data can hardly be printed directly because of some errors in the model. In this paper, we present a general and efficient procedure to process the digital skull data to make the printed structures meet the requirements of anatomy education, which combines the use of five 3 D manipulation tools and the procedure can be finished within 6 hours. Then the model is printed and compared with the cadaveric skull from frontal, left, right and anterior views respectively. The printed model can describe the correct structure and details of the skull clearly, which can be considered as a good alternative to the cadaveric skull. The manipulation procedure presented in this study is an easily available and cost-effective way to obtain a printed skull model from the original CT data, which has a considerable economic and social benefit for the medical education. The steps of the data processing can be performed easily. The cost for the 3 D printed model is also low. Outcomes of this study can be applied widely in processing skull data.
期刊介绍:
omputer Assisted Surgery aims to improve patient care by advancing the utilization of computers during treatment; to evaluate the benefits and risks associated with the integration of advanced digital technologies into surgical practice; to disseminate clinical and basic research relevant to stereotactic surgery, minimal access surgery, endoscopy, and surgical robotics; to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration between engineers and physicians in developing new concepts and applications; to educate clinicians about the principles and techniques of computer assisted surgery and therapeutics; and to serve the international scientific community as a medium for the transfer of new information relating to theory, research, and practice in biomedical imaging and the surgical specialties.
The scope of Computer Assisted Surgery encompasses all fields within surgery, as well as biomedical imaging and instrumentation, and digital technology employed as an adjunct to imaging in diagnosis, therapeutics, and surgery. Topics featured include frameless as well as conventional stereotactic procedures, surgery guided by intraoperative ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging, image guided focused irradiation, robotic surgery, and any therapeutic interventions performed with the use of digital imaging technology.