3D printers may reduce animal numbers to train neuroengineering procedures.

Autor: Pohl, Bernd M., Gasca, Fernando, Christ, Olaf, Hofmann, Ulrich G.
Zdroj: 2013 6th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER); 2013, p887-890, 4p
Abstrakt: Neuroengineering related interventions to small animals always carry the high risk of missled procedures, frequently causing premature death of the animal. In this paper the manufacturing process to build a physical rat skull and brain model for educational use is presented. Out of MRI images a rat brain was segmented to build a negative mould. This form was used to cast an agarose rat brain. For an accompanying rat neurocranium model, CT images were rendered to a surface mesh and printed in 3D out of PLA. The presented workflow results in a high detailed rat skull and rat brain. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Databáze: Complementary Index