The Modeling of 3D Tibia Bone Using the CT Images and Printing

Three Dimensional (3D) printing technology is an useful method for the manufacturing of computer models and is used in many different areas. This study is focused on modeling of human bones such as humerus, tibia, femur etc. used in biomedical and medicine field. The main steps of this study includes to create 3D printing models of the human bones from two dimensional (2D) computerized tomograhy (CT) images and printing of those. Some computer softwares are used to create 3D models and to make the geometrical corrections over them. After modeling, the data is sent to the 3D printing machine for production in the STL (Surface Tesselation Language) format that is commonly used. 3D printers provide to save the processing time and cheap production for the human body parts used for training and experimental studies. Besides, this method satisfies the individual requirements and can be suggested as an alternative way to the conventional manufacturing technologies.