Biology and Medicine

Chitra Chakravarthy

Publications

• Review Article
  Fabrication of Patient Specific Genioplasty Surgical Template Using Investment Casting
  Author(s): Santosh Kumar Malyala, Ravi Kumar Y, Rakesh Kumar and Chitra ChakravarthySantosh Kumar Malyala, Ravi Kumar Y, Rakesh Kumar and Chitra Chakravarthy
  
  Additive Manufacturing (AM) is one of the best techniques to fabricate customized medical models. This technique best suited for the medical industry. The surgical template design and dimensions vary from patient to patient, depending on the anatomy of the patient. AM provides flexibility to design a patient specific surgical template using the patient CT scan data. Medical processing software converts DICOM to 3D CAD data. This 3D CAD data is used to design the patient specific surgical template. This surgical template data is then converted into an STL file format to fabricate medical models using AM machines. The initial surgical template is fabricated using FDM machines, which are easily available and this template is used for pre surgical planning. After satisfactory results are obtained in the pre surgical planning, the same STL file is fabricated using a castable resin. The cas.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/0974-8369.1000406

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