Queijo, LuisRocha, JoãoBarreira, LuísaBarbosa, Tiago M.Pereira, Paulo MiguelSan Juan, Manuel2010-02-092010-02-092010Queijo, Luís; Rocha, João; Barreira, Luísa; Barbosa, Tiago M.; Pereira, Paulo Miguel; San Juan, Manuel (2010). A surgical training model manufacture using rapid prototyping technology. In Innovative Developments in Design and Manufacturing: Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping: Proceedings of V@P4. [S.l.]: CRC Press. p. 175-180. ISBN 978-0-415-87307-9978-0-415-87307-9http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1800The use of rapid prototyping has increasingly begun to reveal itself as a tool of great value in supporting medical activity. From two-dimensional medical images from computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) it is possible to obtain three-dimensional models. The models produced by rapid prototyping technologies are useful both in educational and medical-surgical environments. It can simplify the diagnosis of certain diseases, the development of complex surgical procedures, the prostheses and medical devices manufacture and the visualization of anatomical structures in educational environment.engRapid prototypingCTMRILytic spondylolisthesisDICOMFDMTDPconference paper