A three-dimensional printing navigational template combined with mixed reality technique for localizing pulmonary nodules

Three-dimensional printing automatic registration navigational template for mandibular angle osteotomy surgery

The prominent mandibular angle is considered as unattractive in Asians because it gives the face a square, coarse, and muscular appearance. Mandibular angle osteotomy (MAO) is commonly used to correct prominent mandibular angles through an intraoral approach. This study aims to improve the accuracy and safety of surgery for MAO through optimized design of 3D printing navigational template. Comp...

A novel three-dimensional printing of electroconductive scaffolds for bone cancer therapy application

Objective(s): Tissue engineering aims to achieve a tissue, which has highly interconnected porous microstructure concurrent with appropriate mechanical and biological properties. Materials and Methods: Therefore, the microstructure scaffolds are of great importance in this field. In the present study, an electroconductive poly-lactic acid (EC-PLA) filament used to fabricate a porous bone ...

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Three-Dimensional Detection of Pulmonary Nodules in Chest CT Images

Small pulmonary nodules are radiologic findings that represent an important challenge in diagnosis systems. While these nodules are the major indicator for lung cancer and metastasis, their properties like size and location play an important role in classifying the benign one from the malignant. Estimating the growth rate of the nodule size states the degree of malignancy. This paper presents a...

Making three-dimensional echocardiography more tangible: a workflow for three-dimensional printing with echocardiographic data

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a rapidly evolving technology with several potential applications in the diagnosis and management of cardiac disease. Recently, 3D printing (i.e. rapid prototyping) derived from 3D transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has become possible. Due to the multiple steps involved and the specific equipment required for each step, it might be difficult to start impl...