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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
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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
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