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Aneurysm Repair
Anatomic biomodels help preoperative planning for cerebrovascular aneurysms
March 22nd, 2004
Precise, accurate biomodels of cerebrovascular structures allow neurosurgeons to plan operative repair of aneurysms and provide patient education. "Stereolithographic (SL) biomodeling is a new technology that allows three-dimensional (3D) imaging data to be used in the manufacture of accurate solid plastic replicas of anatomical structures. The authors describe their experience with a patient series in which this relatively new visualization method was used in surgery for cerebral aneurysms," investigators in Austria report. "Using the rapid prototyping technology of stereolithography, 13 solid anatomical biomodels of cerebral aneurysms with parent...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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