Tools for rapid prototyping in the biosciences

Author

Zollikofer, Christoph P E ; De León, Marcia S Ponce

Author_Institution

Zurich Univ., Switzerland

Volume

15

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

11/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

55

Abstract

Modeling natural objects like human skeletons is essentially reverse engineering from medical imaging data. We report on the design and implementation of such tools for computer-assisted rapid prototyping applications. Two application case studies show how graphics tools exploit the potential of stereolithography in the biosciences, demonstrating the role of stereolithographic models (a) in reconstructing fragmentary fossil skulls and (b) in surgical planning and rehearsal

Keywords

CAD; archaeology; biology computing; lithography; medical image processing; planning; reverse engineering; solid modelling; surgery; biosciences; computer-assisted rapid prototyping; fragmentary fossil skull reconstruction; human skeletons; medical imaging data; natural object modelling; reverse engineering; stereolithographic models; surgical planning; surgical rehearsal; Application software; Biomedical imaging; Computer applications; Computer graphics; Humans; Image reconstruction; Prototypes; Reverse engineering; Skeleton; Stereolithography;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.469515

Filename

469515