The utilization of cranial models created using rapid prototyping techniques in the development of models for navigation training

Waran V 1 , Pancharatnam D 1 , Thambinayagam HC 1 , Raman R 2 , Rathinam AK 3 , Balakrishnan YK 3 Show all authors , Tung TS 3 , Rahman ZA 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Centre for Biomedical and Technology Integration (CBMTI), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg, 2014 Jan;75(1):12-5.
PMID: 23315670 DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330960

Abstract

Navigation in neurosurgery has expanded rapidly; however, suitable models to train end users to use the myriad software and hardware that come with these systems are lacking. Utilizing three-dimensional (3D) industrial rapid prototyping processes, we have been able to create models using actual computed tomography (CT) data from patients with pathology and use these models to simulate a variety of commonly performed neurosurgical procedures with navigation systems.

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