2013 / Surgical Fetus
Ongoing research & development: Work with Francis LeBouthillier / Surgical Training Fetus (PDF link). As featured by Research Matters and the Smithsonian Channel: A groundbreaking synthesis of traditional plastic arts and direct digital manufacturing, the Surgical Training Fetus aims to create patient-specific, anatomically accurate prenatal models to help surgeons develop customized, live-saving in utero procedures. Project funded by Arc Fed Dev Ontario and the Centre for Innovation in Information Visualization and Data-Driven Design (CIVDDD).
Image 1 & 3: Combined MRI and CT scans of human fetus. Output in multi-material Objet photopolymer. Image 3 by Francis LeBouthillier.
Image 2: Reconstruction of tissue slice data from the Virtual Human Embryo Project / Carnegie Mellon Unversity. Photo by Francis LeBouthillier.
Image 4-6: Mold design and construction. Image 6 by Francis Lebouthillier
