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Scaffold modeling application in the repair of skull defects.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19663864     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The repair of large segmental bone defects caused by trauma, inflammation, and surgery on tumors pose a major clinical challenge. Tissue-engineered bone is emerging as a good choice for prefabricating cellular scaffold, and computer-aided technologies and medical imaging have created new possibilities in biomedical engineering. An accurate and efficient construction of anatomic models is critical to the application of these computational methods. Such models must be validated prior to application. In this article, we explore the potential of combining these techniques to scaffold and repair a pediatric skull. Working under the hypothesis that the autogenously cultivated osteoblasts can be grown on individualized scaffolds to improve bone regeneration in skull defects, we focus our study on potential problems concerning the segmentation, reconstruction, and mesh simplification for a pediatric skull. We also propose a new framework to improve the accuracy of the model entity from image segmentation to mesh simplification.
Authors:
Weibing Wan; Pengfei Shi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-08-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Artificial organs     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1525-1594     ISO Abbreviation:  Artif Organs     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-27     Completed Date:  2010-07-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802778     Medline TA:  Artif Organs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  339-42     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China. wbwan@sjtu.edu.cn
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bone Regeneration
Bone Substitutes
Bone Transplantation / methods*
Bone and Bones / surgery*
Child
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Models, Anatomic
Osteoblasts
Skull / injuries,  surgery*
Tissue Engineering / methods*
Tissue Scaffolds*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bone Substitutes

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