Method for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body
First Claim
1. In a method of making a medical model from digital information corresponding to a part of a human body wherein the digital information is used to generate information for rapid prototyping of the model, the improvement comprising:
- adding to the digital information data related to at least one artificial functional element having a useful function related to a physical parameter and based on image information in the form in which all medical data are visible and including grey value image information, before segmentation;
carrying out the rapid prototyping of the model using the digital information with the added data whereby the medical model includes said artificial functional element.
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Abstract
A method is set fourth for making a perfected medical model on the basis of digital image information of a part of the body. According to which this image information of a part of the body is converted, by means of what is called the rapid prototyping technique and thus with a processing unit (4) and a rapid prototyping machine (5), into a basic model (9) of which at least a part perfectly shows the positive or negative form of at least a portion of the part of the body. At least an artificial functional element (10) with a useful function is added to the basic model (6) as a function of the digital information and possibly as a function of additional external information.
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1. In a method of making a medical model from digital information corresponding to a part of a human body wherein the digital information is used to generate information for rapid prototyping of the model, the improvement comprising:
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adding to the digital information data related to at least one artificial functional element having a useful function related to a physical parameter and based on image information in the form in which all medical data are visible and including grey value image information, before segmentation; carrying out the rapid prototyping of the model using the digital information with the added data whereby the medical model includes said artificial functional element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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