TY - JOUR
T1 - A model for clubfoot based on micro-CT data
AU - Windisch, Gunther
AU - Salaberger, Dietmar
AU - Rosmarin, Walter
AU - Kastner, Johann
AU - Exner, Gerhard Ulrich
AU - Haldi-Brändle, Verena
AU - Anderhuber, Friedrich
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - The pathological anatomy of idiopathic clubfoot has been investigated for more than 180 years using anatomy, computed tomography (CT), histology and microscopy. Seven idiopathic clubfeet and two normal feet of aborted fetuses were dissected in the present study, with special emphasis on the shape of the cartilage and bones. A three-dimensional (3D) micro-CT system, which generates a series of X-ray attenuation measurements, was used to produce computed reconstructed 3D data sets of each of the separated bones. Based on the micro-CT data scans a high-definition 3D colour printing system was used to make a four times enlarged clubfoot model, precisely presenting all the bony malformations. This model reflects the complexity of the anatomy of this disease and is designed to be used in the workshops of orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists, for training in new surgical and manipulation techniques.
AB - The pathological anatomy of idiopathic clubfoot has been investigated for more than 180 years using anatomy, computed tomography (CT), histology and microscopy. Seven idiopathic clubfeet and two normal feet of aborted fetuses were dissected in the present study, with special emphasis on the shape of the cartilage and bones. A three-dimensional (3D) micro-CT system, which generates a series of X-ray attenuation measurements, was used to produce computed reconstructed 3D data sets of each of the separated bones. Based on the micro-CT data scans a high-definition 3D colour printing system was used to make a four times enlarged clubfoot model, precisely presenting all the bony malformations. This model reflects the complexity of the anatomy of this disease and is designed to be used in the workshops of orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists, for training in new surgical and manipulation techniques.
KW - 3D printer
KW - Clubfoot
KW - Micro-CT
KW - Model
KW - Cartilage/diagnostic imaging
KW - Bone and Bones/diagnostic imaging
KW - Humans
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
KW - Foot/diagnostic imaging
KW - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
KW - Clubfoot/diagnostic imaging
KW - Imaging, Three-Dimensional
KW - Models, Anatomic
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00732.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00732.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 17504271
SN - 0021-8782
VL - 210
SP - 761
EP - 766
JO - Journal of Anatomy
JF - Journal of Anatomy
IS - 6
ER -