Designing and manufacturing an auricular prosthesis using computed tomography, 3-dimensional photographic imaging, and additive manufacturing: a clinical report.
The method of fabricating an auricular prosthesis by digitally positioning a mirror image of the soft tissue, then designing and using rapid prototyping to produce the mold, can reduce the steps and time needed to create a prosthesis by the traditional approach of sculpting either wax or clay. The purpose of this clinical report is to illustrate how the use of 3-dimensional (3-D) photography, computer technology, and additive manufacturing can extensively reduce many of the preliminary procedures currently used to create an auricular prosthesis.
3D Medical Applications Center, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA. Peter.liacouras@amedd.army.mil
Peter
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Liacouras
Jonathan
J
Garnes
Norberto
N
Roman
Anton
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Petrich
Gerald T
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Grant
D000328:Adult; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D004431:Ear, External / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010780:Photogrammetry; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design / Q000379:methods*; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed