抄録
This paper describes a possibility for applying a rapid prototyping technique to informed consent. For this purpose, 41 system for generating human body parts from DICOM data (including image data of CT or MRI) to manufacture a real model with using a RP (Rapid prototyping) machine has been developed. As a case study, a lumbar spine is constructed as 3D model data format from DICOM data and then manufactured by RP machine, and a feasibility of the proposed system is demonstrated in this research.