Stratasys and Vital Images, a Minneapolis-based enterprise medical imaging and informatics company, are collaboratively exhibiting 3D printing and the automated segmentation of medical images at the Radiological Society of North America 2016.
A biofabrication institute, which will image, model and manufacture 3D-printed tissues, will open in Brisbane in 2017. The institute will allow specialists to collaborate and find how 3D tissues can improve patients' quality of life.
A teenage boy from the UAE was awarded for his mind-controlled, 3D-printed bionic arm at the region’s first Gulf 3D Printing Olympiad. The 14-year-old's creation is a low-cost, functional bionic forearm suitable for those with disabled hands.
Pakistan’s first biomedical 3D printing company, Bioniks, has produced the country’s first ever 3D-printed prosthetic arm for a five-year-old boy. The prosthetic has helped Mir Bayyan to play like an able-bodied child.
Northeastern University’s Dept of Bioengineering are working on the advancement of 3D bioprinting which may revolutionise vascular disease treatment. Specifically, Associate Professor Guohao Dai is 3D bioprinting live tissue with vascular perfusion.
We asked Sisma's GM, Vittorio Gaudino to take us on a tour of the Italian company's laser-based systems aimed at jewellery, dental and industrial manufacturing applications.
Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths caught a few moments with Prof. Tsung-Yuan Tsai from the Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital following his formnext powered by tct 2016 keynote.
WhiteClouds and advanced visualisation software company, TeraRecon have collaborated to develop a new 3D scanning technology. WhiteClouds hope the 3DyourSCAN technology will improve relations and performance between physicians and patients.
Tailor made 3D-printed masks are being considered as an effective way to prevent chronic snoring. Having the mask tailor made to suit the patient enhances the comfort and should increase the likelihood that patients will persist with the masks.
Anatomy training is the latest sector to incorporate 3D printing, allowing medical students to physically examine replica body parts. This latest development could revolutionise the way medicine is taught, removing the need for cadavers.
A Turkish surgeon is using 3D technology to scan his clients' faces to show them what they will look like after plastic surgery. The method not only benefits patients, but allows the doctors a three-dimensional point of reference.
A cancer survivor in Brazil has become the first person to receive a 3D-printed face prosthesis made with a smartphone after his right eye socket was removed. The cancer destroyed facial tissue, half the roof of his mouth and damaged his throat.
