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New tutorial on how to use the free software program Blender to get bones models from CT scans ready for 3D printing. http://goo.gl/Y9lht6 #b3d #blender #3dprinting.

This is an advanced tutorial and assumes that you already know how to create STL files from CT scans. If you do not yet know how to do this, stay tuned, as a series of tutorials is planned on this website. Here we will use a free, open-source software package Blender to repair and correct a bony pelvis and lumbar spine model generated from a CT scan. If you would like to follow along with this tutorial, you can download the relevant Blender and STL files here, and follow along.

This anterior wedge compression fracture of a lumbar spine vertebral body was generated from real CT scan data and is thus anatomically accurate as it comes ...

This 3D printable elbow was created from CT scan data and is anatomically accurate with precise detail. Download the STL file for this model and 3D print you...

This 3D printable model of a human heart was generated from a CT scan. The model comes in 4 slices, and demonstrates the detailed anatomy of the human heart ...

3D printing is revolutionizing the treatment of aortic stenosis, as reported by researchers from St. Josephs Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona and present...

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Man Saves Wife’s Sight by 3D Printing Her Tumor

Balzer, a former Air Force technical instructor and software engineer as well as 3D-imaging aficionado, is probably better prepared than most to take medical diagnostic technology into his own hands, but it’s not necessary to have his level of expertise to use 3D imaging to better understand a diagnosis and possible treatments, and it’s only getting easier. Groundbreaking advances in medical care are being made using basic maker tools and software, which means that state-of-the-art health care is becoming cheaper, faster, and more widely accessible, but also — and perhaps more importantly — it means that we can use these same tools to make sure our own health care is up to par.

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A selection of beautiful prosthetic legs

The majority of modern everyday prosthetic limbs try to imitate real ones in their design. These custom-built legs by Bespoke Innovations are quite the opposite, described by the creators as “unabashedly artificial” and allowing a little bit of personal character to be shown.

Their designer look is underlain by some interesting technology that might soon be the norm in prosthetic limbs. Each is tailor-made for the client based upon 3D scans of the body to help create a better fit whereafter 3D printing allows the designs to be brought to life. Prosthetic limbs are definitely one industry where one size does not fit all.