|
|
Article: Findings from Federal University provide new insights into manufacturing technology.
- Article from:
- Journal of Technology
- Article date:
- November 17, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
According to recent research from Curitiba, Brazil, "The manufacturing of customized implants for cranioplasty applications has been recognized as a valuable alternative in order to reduce time and surgical costs and to produce better cosmetic results. Generally, the machining processes, in special milling, have been adopted as an intermediary step to manufacture a dedicated mold for casting the designed implant."
"In this work, we proposed the use of direct milling of simpler implants to shorten the process chain without compromising its dimensional quality. A set of computed tomography (CT) images were acquired from a dried human skull, vetorized, and further ...