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Convert CT scans to 3D print your bones

Last October I fell and broke my wrist. To put everything back together, I had to have surgery so some screws and plates could be used to fix the break. That was the bad news.

X-Ray

The good news is that I got a CT scan of my wrist and the clinic gave me a DVD of all the data.

During my surgery recovery time I decided to see if I could find a way to 3D print my broken bone. After trying several options, I was able to convert my CT scan data into an STL file for 3D printing.

print wrist

If you’d like to try this yourself, you will need to install some software to get started but all the instructions can be found here and in the video tutorial below.