Cardiovascular 3D Printing
Fig. 7.1 Flexible 3D printed models of double outlet right ventricle for hands-on training of suturing the ventricular septal defect patch (photo courtesy of Prof. Shi-Joon Yoo from The Hospital…
3D Printing in Neurosurgery
Fig. 6.1 Titanium plate compressed to 3D-printed model of defect Patient’s actual bone from the initial decompression cannot be used as a template at the time of implantation simply because…
Virtual Reality
Fig. 12.1 Illustration of the reality-virtuality continuum 12.2 History of Virtual Reality 12.2.1 Early Milestones While the concept of VR dates back to early science fiction writers, its history is…
FDA Regulatory Pathways and Technical Considerations for the 3D Printing of Medical Models and Devices
Fig. 10.1 Medical model of tumor and vasculature The intent of this chapter is to familiarize the reader to the role of the FDA in medical device development and regulation…
Beginning and Developing a Radiology-Based In-Hospital 3D Printing Lab
Fig. 4.1 3D printer managed and operated in the medical library by the medical students at the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Shown from left to right, Aili Wang, Isabelle…
Introduction
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Frank J. Rybicki and Gerald T. Grant (eds.)3D Printing in Medicinehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61924-8_1 1. Introduction Gerald T. Grant1 and Frank J. Rybicki2 (1) Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville, School of Dentistry, Louisville,…
Mapping and Lesioning the Living Brain
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, St Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands It is now well known that the brain is electrically excitable. Physicians frequently make use of electromagnetic properties to…
Neo-connectionism, Neurodynamics and Large-Scale Networks
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, St Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands After World War II, the centre of gravity in aphasiology research shifted from Europe to North America [1]. In…
Naming and Numbering the Convolutions
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, St Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands Early anatomists failed to see order amidst the apparent chaos of the brain’s convolutions. It was only in the…
Functional MRI
(1) Department of Neurosurgery, St Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands Functional neuroimaging techniques, first positron emission tomography (PET) and later functional MRI (fMRI), have revolutionized cognitive neuroscience. These tools…
