Prototype of a Human Spinal Disc for Medical Modeling

Medical images were generated in computed tomography devices at the medical partner. The medical image format was transformed into engineering data format by the authors and these data were used for printing the macroscopic model of the spine and the spinal disc and subsequently they were assembled....

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Published inMaterials science forum Vol. 812; pp. 15 - 21
Main Authors Bozzay, Melinda, Major, Zoltan, Reiter, Martin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pfaffikon Trans Tech Publications Ltd 01.02.2015
Subjects
Discs
Disks
Format
Medical
Microstructure
Prototypes
Prototyping
Rapid Prototyping
Spinal Disc
Medical Modelling
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Summary:Medical images were generated in computed tomography devices at the medical partner. The medical image format was transformed into engineering data format by the authors and these data were used for printing the macroscopic model of the spine and the spinal disc and subsequently they were assembled. In addition to this macroscopic prototyping process, a novel microstructure based prototyping process was used for generating structure details of the spinal disc. The fiber reinforced and layered structure of the annulus fibrosus was modeled and in a prototype realized using soft and stiff polymeric materials. This method is based on the material microstructure prototyping methodology developed by the research group of the authors.This basic model could be used for medical education, for patient counselling and to support prosthesis development efforts.
Bibliography:Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 9th Hungarian Conference on Materials Science, October 13-15, 2013, Balatonkenese, Hungary
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ISSN:0255-5476
1662-9752
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DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.812.15