Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54096#.VO14EizQrzE Author(s) Takeshi Murayama 1* , Kosei Oono 1 , Mitsunori Tada 2 , Toru Eguchi 3 , Misuzu Nagami 4 , Mitsuhiro Tamamoto 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan . 2 Digital Human Research Center, Agency for Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan . 3 Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan . 4 Hello Tomorrow Japan Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan . ABSTRACT Custom-made esthetic finger prostheses, which are used for rehabilitation of patients with missing or impaired fingers, have been fabricated manually. However, such fabrication is time-consuming and requires manual skill. Here we propose a computer-aided method for fabricating finger pros-theses to save time and allow fabrications that do not require considerable manu...
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