2012 年 55 巻 5 号 p. 346-348
Understanding detailed local anatomy is essential in both endoscopic and microscopic surgery. We developed a software to convert a series of color tomographic images into shape data keeping all details inside, that is printable using a 3D color printer.
Nasal part of the high resolution axial anatomical images of the Visible Human Female (NLM, USA) was converted into a set of PLY format shape data that was modeled using a Z650 (Z Corp., USA) into a life-sized, full-color human model with detailed anatomy.