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3D‐printing (Vizua) in the teaching of anatomy (LB27)
Author(s) -
LE FLOCHPRIGENT Patrice,
Vaniet Chloé,
Bouhelal Omar,
Ordureau Sylvain
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.lb27
Subject(s) - anatomy , gross anatomy , medicine , human anatomy , face (sociological concept) , sociology , social science
The creation of gross‐anatomical models has always presented two major difficulties : the veracity and the material. Nowadays the 3D printing is quite easy to get and this two pitfalls can be successfully avoided as the anatomical models can be realized from series of joined CT‐scanned cross‐sections of real anatomical objects : bones, vascular injections, real organs or from normal CT‐scans from radiological examinations. By theses means are performed samples in resin for the oral surgical training where the arteries can be figured in red. The isolated or connected bones can be reproduced in life size but also at any choosen size: enlarged for the isolated bones of the head or of the face, or reduced for the pelvic girdle, for instance. The heart can be reproduced with its real coronary vascularisation. The applications are very numerous in human and in comparative gross‐anatomy. The only limit is the imagination.