A Series of Case Studies Illustrates a Broad Range of Medical Applications inside 'Medical Modelling: The Application of Advanced Design and Development Techniques in Medicine'.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c42135) has announced the addition of Medical Modelling: The Application of Advanced Design and Development Techniques in Medicine to their offering.

This report is a comprehensive review of design and development technologies in medicine. It is designed to be accessible to all disciplines, with medical and technical terms explained as clearly and simply as possible. It includes a series of case studies and is written by a leading expert in the field.

Research into medical modelling and the application of design and product development technologies in medicine and surgery requires a multidisciplinary approach. Designed to be accessible to all disciplines, with medical and technical terms explained as clearly and simply as possible, Medical modelling provides a genuinely useful text to help the broadest possible range of professionals to understand not only the technologies, techniques and methods, but also what is required to apply them in medical treatments.

Medical modelling describes steps in the process from acquisition of medical scan data, transfer and translation of data formats, methods of utilising the data and finally using the information to produce physical models using rapid prototyping techniques and in surgery or prosthetic rehabilitation. Technologies are fully described, highlighting their key characteristics, advantages and disadvantages. A series of case studies illustrates a broad range of medical applications. These case studies are taken from the collective experience of the National Centre for Product Design & Development Research, Medical Applications Group and their clinical partners, and have been chosen to reflect the widest possible variety of techniques used. Future developments in technology and applications in this dynamic and fast-moving field are also considered.

This book will appeal to the wide variety of professionals who undertake collaborative research, development and treatment of human physical conditions using advanced computer-aided design and manufacturing techniques and technologies, including medical and clinical engineers and physicists, clinical technologists, rehabilitation engineers, design engineers in medical device design and manufacture, consultant surgeons and specialists in, for example, orthopaedics, orthodontics, and prosthetics.

About the author:

Richard Bibb BSc (Hons), PhD is Reader and Head of Medical Applications at The National Centre for Product Design & Development Research (PDR), University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC), UK. He has been conducting research into the medical applications of advanced design and development technologies since 1998; with his work presented and published internationally. He also established one of Europe's most successful medical modelling services, which has supplied over 600 models to hospitals, universities, museums and companies worldwide.

Contents Include:

Introduction

Background. Human form. Basic anatomical terminology.

Medical imaging for rapid prototyping

Introduction to medical imaging. Computed tomography (CT). Magnetic resonance (MR). Non-contact surface scanning. Recommended reading.

Export data format and media

Medical scan data. Point cloud data. Media.

Working with medical scan data

Using CT data - A worked example. Point cloud data operations. 2D formats. Pseudo 3D formats. True 3D formats.

Physical reproduction - rapid prototyping technologies

Background to rapid prototyping. Stereolithography. Digital light processing (DLPTM). Fused deposition modelling (FDMTM). Selective laser sintering (LS). 3D printing. Jetting head technology. Laminated object manufacture (LOM). Computer numerical controlled machining (CNC).

Case studies

Future developments

Background. Scanning techniques. Data fusion. Communication. Rapid prototyping. Tissue engineering.

Glossary and explanatory notes

Glossary of terms and abbreviations. Medical explanatory notes.

Bibliography

Further reading on anatomy. Further reading on maxillofacial prosthetics. Further reading on dental technology. Further reading on computer aided design (CAD) and rapid prototyping. Publications by the author. Contacts.

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