| Summary: | Practitioners have mainly used metallic implants such as a titanium alloy device
inserted within the intervertebral disc space. Main considerations are to provide an
immediately stable motion segment, promoting fusion and long-term relief of
symptoms. Research and development of implantation with bio-materials to replace the
traditional methods with metal materials is underway all over the world. This project is
to develop a software system for design and simulation of artificial bone implantation,
with the experiments of the physical model fabrication and clinical test. It is an
interdisciplinary research project between staff from computer engineering and
materials engineering, with the support of clinical staff from Singapore General
Hospital (SGH).
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