Introduction Anatomical knowledge is a cornerstone and an essential part for the performance of successful surgical and invasive procedures. A number of studies suggested a relation between the volume of surgeries performed and the rate of complications, including mortality. This…
New three-dimensional (3D) printing machines have emerged, as additive manufacturing technology improves, leading to realistic models with accurate characteristics close to the real-life tissues. For this reason, 3D printing technology is gaining increasing attention from many institutions as an educational…
Basic processing Today, the extraction of 3D models of internal human body organs from a high-resolution series of CT scan images can be accomplished with the use of appropriate software that often accompanies the instrument of the CT scanner. Appropriate…
Introduction The last few decades have seen tremendous progress in surgery with the incorporation of several technological advancements, leading to the increased practice of minimally invasive surgical procedures in general surgery and all the different surgical specialties and subspecialties. The…