3D PRINTING IN MEDICINE

• Publisher: SPRINGER
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 139
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book describes the fundamentals of three-dimensional (3D) printing, addresses the practical aspects of establishing a 3D printing service in a medical facility, and explains the enormous potential value of rendering images as 3D printed models capable of providing tactile feedback and tangible information on both anatomic and pathologic states. Individual chapters also focus on selected areas of applications for 3D printing, including musculoskeletal, craniomaxillofacial, cardiovascular, and neurosurgery applications. Challenges and opportunities related to training, materials and equipment, and guidelines are addressed, and the overall costs of a 3D printing lab and the balancing of these costs against clinical benefits are discussed. Radiologists, surgeons, and other physicians will find this book to be a rich source of information on the practicalities and expanding medical applications of 3D printing.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Introduction (Gerald T. Grant, Frank J. Rybicki)....Pages 1-4
3D Printing Technologies (Dimitrios Mitsouras, Peter C. Liacouras)....Pages 5-22
Post-processing of DICOM Images (Andreas A. Giannopoulos, Todd Pietila)....Pages 23-34
Beginning and Developing a Radiology-Based In-Hospital 3D Printing Lab (Adnan Sheikh, Leonid Chepelev, Andrew M. Christensen, Dimitris Mitsouras, Betty Anne Schwarz, Frank J. Rybicki)....Pages 35-41
Craniofacial Applications of 3D Printing (Gerald T. Grant, Peter C. Liacouras)....Pages 43-50
3D Printing in Neurosurgery (Vicknes Waran, Vairavan Narayanan, Ravindran Karrupiah, Chun Yoong Cham)....Pages 51-58
Cardiovascular 3D Printing (Andreas A. Giannopoulos, Dimitris Mitsouras, Betty Anne Schwarz, Karin E. Dill, Frank J. Rybicki)....Pages 59-69
Musculoskeletal 3D Printing (Satheesh Krishna, Kirstin Small, Troy Maetani, Leonid Chepelev, Betty Anne Schwarz, Adnan Sheikh)....Pages 71-84
3D Printing and Patient-Matched Implants (Andrew M. Christensen)....Pages 85-95
FDA Regulatory Pathways and Technical Considerations for the 3D Printing of Medical Models and Devices (James C. Coburn, Gerald T. Grant)....Pages 97-111
Quality and Safety of 3D-Printed Medical Models (Dimitrios Mitsouras, Elizabeth George, Frank J. Rybicki)....Pages 113-123
Virtual Reality (Justin Sutherland, Dan La Russa)....Pages 125-133
Back Matter ....Pages 135-138