title: 'Stereovectorcardiogram' made by stereolithography.
abstract: A method for making directly a single solid vectorcardiogram is reported. A solid vectorcardiogram was made by employing an apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography. Stereolithography is a computer-aided manufacturing technique that is practiced in conjunction with computer-aided design and engineering. To design the solid vectorcardiogram, voltages in the X, Y and Z axes obtained according to the Frank lead are memorized in the computer-aided design system. By use of the stereolithography apparatus, the designed solid vectorcardiogram is formed in a vat filled with liquid plastic. In the vat, the plastic changes rapidly from liquid to solid in the presence of ultraviolet light so that a solid vectorcardiogram made of solid plastic may be formed.
authors.affiliation: Health Administration Center, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ukai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D014672:Vectorcardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*