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04/28/2009 13:56

Operating according to plan

Presse- und Informationsdienst Presse- und Informationsdienst
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds SNF

    Individual three-dimensional organ models make planning operations easier

    Rapid prototyping processes that were originally developed for producing industrial samples have recently been adopted by clinical medicine. The ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research at the University of Berne uses computed tomography data to produce individual three-dimensional models of organs. These help surgeons when they are planning and performing complex operations such as the removal of liver tumours. Using anatomically accurate, detailed models helped surgeons at Berne's Inselspital hospital with spatial orientation and made it easier for them to use surgical instruments precisely.

    Contact:
    Prof. Stefan Weber
    Technical Director - Center of Computer Aided Surgery
    ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research
    University of Berne
    Stauffacherstrasse 78
    CH-3014 Berne
    E-mail: stefan.weber@artorg.unibe.ch
    Telephone: +41 31 631 59 59
    Fax: +41 31 631 59 60
    http://www.artorg.unibe.ch


    More information:

    http://www.snf.ch > Media > Picture of the month


    Images

    Prof. Daniel Candinas, MD (left) and Prof. Beat Gloor, MD use the model to plan the removal of a liver tumour (shown in yellow) without endangering the blood vessels in the healthy tissue (shown in blue). The ideal incision point is shown in green.
    Prof. Daniel Candinas, MD (left) and Prof. Beat Gloor, MD use the model to plan the removal of a liv ...
    Source: © ARTORG Center for Computer Aided Surgery of the University of Berne and Inselspital Berne


    Criteria of this press release:
    Biology, Medicine
    transregional, national
    Miscellaneous scientific news/publications, Research projects
    English


     

    Prof. Daniel Candinas, MD (left) and Prof. Beat Gloor, MD use the model to plan the removal of a liver tumour (shown in yellow) without endangering the blood vessels in the healthy tissue (shown in blue). The ideal incision point is shown in green.


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