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The first three-dimensional (3D) printing technology was invented in the early 1980s to fill the need for rapid engineering of design prototypes. The process, also known as “rapid prototyping” and “additive manufacturing,” widely expanded in the fields of architecture and manufacturing in the 1990s. Today there is a multitude of diverse 3D printing technologies that can manufacture objects using a vast array of materials, from thermoplastics and polymers to metal, capable of fulfilling most engineering and design needs. Medical applications of 3D printing have gained tremendous momentum in the last 5 years and are now used daily in hospitals and private practices around the globe. This chapter will assist the clinical practice with the informed investment in a 3D printing technology based on specific clinical needs.

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  1. Applied Imaging Science Lab, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Dimitrios Mitsouras Ph.D.

  2. Department of Biochemistry Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Dimitrios Mitsouras Ph.D.

  3. 3D Medical Applications Center, Department of Radiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bldg 1, Rm 4417B, 8901 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 20889, Canada

    Peter C. Liacouras Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Frank J. Rybicki

  2. School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

    Gerald T. Grant

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Mitsouras, D., Liacouras, P.C. (2017). 3D Printing Technologies. In: Rybicki, F., Grant, G. (eds) 3D Printing in Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61924-8_2

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