An overview of the global activity can be obtained by studying the subject titles and research sites for the work reported at the biannual International Workshop on Rapid Prototyping in Medicine & Computer-Assisted Surgery, Erlangen, Germany.
Lightman, A. J., B. Vanassche, P. D'Urso, and S. Yamada. 1995. Applications of rapid prototyping to surgical planning: A survey of global activities. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH.
Materialise. World Wide Web homepage, http://www.materialise.com
Smet, M. H., et al. 1995. Quality requirements and validation of medical models. Paper presented at the 3rd Intl. Workshop on Rapid Prototyping in Medicine & Computer-Assisted Surgery in Erlangen, Germany.
Swaelens, B., and J. P. Kruth. 1993. Medical applications of rapid prototyping techniques. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Rapid Prototyping, Dayton, OH.