Handbook of Surgical Planning and 3d Printing : Applications, Integration, and New Directions

Handbook of Surgical Planning and 3D Printing: Applications, Integration, and New Directions covers 3D printing and surgical planning from clinical, technical and economic points-of-view. This book fills knowledge gaps by addressing: (1) What type of medical images are needed for 3D printing, and for which specific application? (2) What software should be used to process the images, should the software be considered a medical device? (3) Data protection? (4) What are the possible clinical applications and differences in imaging, segmentation, and 3D printing? And finally, (5) What skills, resources, and organization are needed?

Sections cover technologies involved in 3D printing in health: data structure, medical images and segmentation, printing materials and 3d printing, 3D printing and Clinical Applications: orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, maxillofacial, orthodontistry, surgical guides, integrating 3D printing Service in Hospitals: infrastructures, competences, organization and cost/benefits, and more.

• Provides a unique insight into a technological process and its applications
• Heps readers find answers to practical and technical questions concerning 3D printing and surgical planning
• Presents deep insights into new directions of 3D printing in healthcare and related emerging applications such as bioprinting, biocompatible materials and metal printing for custom-made prosthetic design

Paolo Gargiulo is a Full Professor and works at the Centre of Medical Technology at Reykjavik University/University Hospital Landspitali. He studied at TU Wien and finished his Ph.D. in 2008. Paolo interests and expertise are mostly in Medical Image processing, Neuroengineering, 3-D printing, and Medical technologies. He developed a 3D-Printing service at Landspitali to support surgical planning with over 200 operations planned with a significant impact on the Icelandic health care system. He currently cooperates with institutions in Italy and the UK to establish similar infrastructures. Paolo has been the director of the Institute of Biomedical and Neural Engineering and the Icelandic center of Neurophysiology since December 2013. He also manages the Center of Medical Technology at the University Hospital Landspitali/ Reykjavik University.