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3D Printing of Preclinical X-ray Computed Tomographic Data Sets
Published on: March 22, 2013
Computed tomography-based 3D modeling to provide custom 3D-printed glasses for children with craniofacial
Frank L Brodie1, Khashayar Nattagh2, Vinil Shah3
1Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco.
Abstract:
Children with craniofacial malformations frequently require spectacles but have difficulty finding an acceptable fit with current offerings of pediatric spectacle frames. We describe a novel method for creating custom 3D-printed spectacle frames based on a 3D reconstruction of a prior computed tomography scan. This method offers the ability to create better-fitting spectacles to children who are not served by "off the rack" frames.
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