RWTH Aachen University prints 3D model of nasal cavity

The Rhinodiagnost team, the profile section Computational Science and Engineering (CompSE) of RWTH Aachen University, and the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance – High-Performance Computing (JARA-HPC) jointly participated in the “RWTH Science Night” and printed a 2:1 computer tomography-based 3D model of a nasal cavity. Therefore, a fused-deposition modeling (FDM) method was used to print the object layer-wise. The printing instructions […]

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Image files that have been created by magnetic resonance tomography (MR), computed tomography (CT) or microtomography can be converted into a computer model by image-based meshing. With the Marching Cubes algorithm, a voxel image consisting of image points is approximated by a polygon image. By using triangulation the surface is then divided into pieces that are relevant for the flow […]

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