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3D Printing: Applications in Medicine and Surgery

  • Book

  • November 2019
  • Elsevier Health Science
  • ID: 4844437

Recent advances and technologies in 3D printing have improved and expanded applications for surgery, biomedical engineering, and nanotechnology. In this concise new title, Drs. Georgios Tsoulfas, Petros I. Bangeas, and Jasjit S. Suri synthesize state-of-the-art information on 3D printing and provide guidance on the optimal application in today's surgical practice, from evaluation of the technology to virtual reality and future opportunities.

  • Includes expert guidance on the challenges, opportunities, and limitations of 3D printing in the field of surgery.

  • Covers patient and surgical education, ethics and intellectual property, quality and safety, 3D printing as it relates to nanotechnology, tissue engineering, virtual augmented reality, and more.
  • Consolidates today's available information in this rapidly growing area into a single convenient resource.

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Table of Contents

1.Introduction2.The long and winding road from the film to the bedside3.3D printing: Shedding light into the Surgical Education4.3D Printing and Bioprinting: Ethical and Legal Issues5.Quality and safety in medical 3D printing6.Economics in 3D printing 7.3D printing and Liver Transplantation8.3D printing in Cardiac surgery9.3D printing in Vascular surgery10.3D printing in orthopaedic Surgery11.The role of 3D printing in ENT surgery12.Challenges, Opportunities and limitations in 3D printing

Authors

Georgios Tsoulfas Petros I. Bangeas Jasjit Suri Chairman, AtheroPoint LLC. Jasjit S. Suri, PhD, MBA, FIEEE, FAMIBE, FAIUM, FSVM, FAPVS is an innovator, visionary, scientist, and an internationally known world leader in Biomedical Engineering and its management. Dr. Suri received the Director General's Gold medal in 1980, is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2021), American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, awarded by the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC (2004), American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2019), Asia Pacific Vascular Society (2020) and recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis (2018). He is currently Chairman of AtheroPoint, Roseville, CA, USA, dedicated to imaging technologies for cardiovascular and stroke. He has nearly 30,000 citations, has co-authored 60 books, and 50 US/European Patents.