Virtual Prototyping & Bio Manufacturing in Medical Applications

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xii

Optimised Vascular Network for Skin Tissue Engineering by Additive Manufacturing

Virtual Bone Surgery

Pages 21-50

Three-Dimensional Medical Imaging: Concepts and Applications

Pages 51-76

Computer Aided Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Pages 77-94

Additive Biomanufacturing Processes to Fabricate Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Pages 95-124

Engineering Oriented Scaffolds for Directing Neuronal Regeneration

Pages 125-152

The Electrospinning Process

Pages 153-185

A Review of Hybrid Biomanufacturing Systems Applied in Tissue Regeneration

Pages 187-213

Low Back Pain: Additive Manufacturing for Disc Degeneration and Herniation Repair

Pages 215-233

A Review on Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing for Metallic Fixation Implants

Pages 235-256

Scaffold Design for Nerve Regeneration

Pages 257-283

Back Matter

Pages 285-293

Editors and Affiliations

Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal

About the editors

Bopaya Bidanda is the Ernest E. Roth Professor and Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. His research is in the area of manufacturing systems with a special focus on group technology, reverse engineering, cellular manufacturing, lean manufacturing, human issues in manufacturing, product development, and manufacturing modernization.

Paulo Bartolo is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing Processes at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal), Adjunct Professor at Queensland University of Technology (Australia), Visiting Professor at Nanyang University (Singapore), and Professor of Biomaterials (Catedra UNESCO) at the University of Habana (Cuba). He is a CIRP (The International Academy of Production Engineering) member, Vice-Chairman of the CIRP Scientific Technical Committee on Electro-Physical and Chemical Processes, GARPA (Global Alliance of Rapid Prototyping Associations) Portuguese Representative a
nd Member of the Direction Board of the International Society of Biomanufacturing, Scientific advisor of the Research Institute in Biofabrication (BIOFABRIS) funded by the Brazilian Government and regional coordinator of the working group of Rapid Manufacturing Platform.

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