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Fabrication of vascular replicas from magnetic resonance images
M H Friedman1, B D Kuban, P Schmalbrock
1Biomedical Engineering Center, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
|August 1, 1995
Abstract:
Image processing and Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining techniques have been used to prepare a large-than-life investment cast of an aortic bifurcation from magnetic resonance images of a replica of the vessel. The technique will facilitate experimental studies of vascular fluid dynamics and permit the in vitro reproduction of flows in living subjects.