Vol.5, No 1, 2007pp. 79 - 85
UDC 620.162 : 681.5.017
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF RAPID PROTOTYPING
Jelena Milovanović*, Miroslav Trajanović
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Niš, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, 18000
Niš
*E-mail: jeki@masfak.ni.ac.yu
Abstract. The most interesting and challenging applications of rapid
prototyping technologies are in the field of medicine. RP medical models
have found application for planning treatment for complex surgery procedures,
training, surgical simulation, diagnosis, design and manufacturing of implants
as well as medical tools. This paper explores and presents the procedure
for making medical models using RP, medical rapid prototyping technologies
application in different fields of medicine and the future trends in this
area.
Key Words: Rapid Prototyping (RP), Computer Tomography (CT),
DICOM, Segmentation, Medical Modeling, 3D Medical Model.
PRIMENE RAPID PROTOTYPING TEHNOLOGIJA
U MEDICINI
Jedno od najinteresantnijih i najizazovnijih polja primene RP tehnologija
je u medicini. RP medicinski modeli su našli primenu u planiranju kompleksnih
hirurških intervencija, simulaciji, projektovanju i izradi implanata,
medicinskih uređaja, hirurških pomoćnih alata, kao i u inženjeringu
tkiva. U ovom radu je detaljno prikazana procedura pri proizvodnji medicinskih
modela korišćenjem RP tehnologija, primena RP tehnologija u različitim
granama medicine kao i budući trendovi i potrebe razvoja istih.
Ključne reči: rapid prototyping (RP), kompjuterska tomografija
(CT), DICOM, STL, segmentacija, 3D medicinski model
