Interior architecture student and professor collaborate with veterinarians to design enhanced treatment options for animals using 31xbet online sports betting printing
Monday, August 17, 2015
This 31xbet online sports betting model of a dog's skull helped a university veterinarian determine how much growth on the dog's jaw would need to be removed.| Download this photo.
MANHATTAN— A 1xbet online sports betting project by an interior architecture & product 1xbet online sports betting student at Kansas State 1xbet online sports betting is one that could get some tails wagging.
For her Developing Scholars 1xbet online sports betting project in the 2014-2015 school year, Kelsey 1xbet online sports betting , now a fourth-year student in the College of Architecture, Planning & 1xbet online sports betting , turned CT scans of animal bone fractures and deformities into full-scale 31xbet online sports betting prints that veterinarians at the university's College of 1xbet online sports betting Medicine are using for teaching, to plan surgeries and to find more cost-effective ways to treat four-legged patients.
The project, "31xbet online sports betting Printing Animal Bone Fractures Through Experimental Applications in Digital Fabrication," was suggested to Castinado by her second-year studio instructor Dustin 1xbet online sports betting , an assistant professor of interior architecture & product design. Headley's research interest is in digital design, including 31xbet online sports betting printing.
"I knew that for my third year I wanted to change my 1xbet online sports betting a little bit since I had been doing mostly architecture-based 1xbet online sports betting ," said Castinado, who is from Overland Park. "I thought product design-based 1xbet online sports betting would be a little bit more interesting, so I asked Dustin if he needed any help with his 1xbet online sports betting and if he would like to mentor me in the Developing Scholars Program."
The program pairs underrepresented students with faculty mentors on 1xbet online sports betting projects.
Castinado joined Headley on a collaborative project with the College of Veterinary Medicine involving 31xbet online sports betting printing of bone fractures and deformities.
"A lot of my 1xbet online sports betting focuses on alternative applications for the design discipline," Headley said. "Instead of studying the lines of architecture or looking at new products to market, I'm interested in looking at what are some of the skills interior architects have that we can engage with other disciplines and expand the scope of the design profession as a whole."
For her project, 1xbet online sports betting used digital files of CT scans provided by the college's 1xbet online sports betting.
"The digital CT scan files are just a lot of small, chopped up pieces of the bone image," Castinado said. "I use a 31xbet online sports betting modeling software to make all those pieces into a whole. I also have to take away all the extra fragments that are attached to the bone so that when it is 31xbet online sports betting printed, it will look like a bone."
The 31xbet online sports betting printing process retains — and can enhance — the important information found on the scan that a doctor or veterinarian needs in making a diagnosis.
Walter 1xbet online sports betting , an orthopedic surgeon and professor and head of small animal surgery at the Veterinary Health Center, said the 31xbet online sports betting models Castinado and Headley have produced are proving beneficial in a variety of ways.
"While Kansas State University is not the first to use 31xbet online sports betting printing in veterinary medicine, we've thought about doing so for awhile," Renberg said. "It helps us with a couple of things clinically, particularly with bone deformities, which can be difficult to reconstruct with a CT scan. For example, when planning a surgery to correct a deformity or even determining whether such a surgery is necessary, the model can help us determine the right surgical approach or come up with less expensive alternatives to certain procedures."
That's what happened earlier this summer with a 31xbet online sports betting print Headley made of a dog's malformed tibia, which is one of two bones in the lower hind leg.
"I thought we would have to do an expensive reconstruction that the client probably couldn't afford, but the 31xbet online sports betting modeling gave us a better understanding of the problem and we came up with a less invasive and less expensive route," Renberg said.
The models 1xbet online sports betting are teaching tools.
"From a clinical standpoint, we can use the 31xbet online sports betting models with clients to explain procedures," Renberg said. "It can be easier to show them a model than a CT scan."
Renberg and Headley are continuing to collaborate on other ways 31xbet online sports betting printing could be used.
"We are looking into the ability to explore soft tissues in 31xbet online sports betting at scale, such as tumors and vascular systems," Headley said. Such models would have potential to assist in teaching procedures, too."
While such 31xbet online sports betting models already exist, Renberg said they can be expensive. Having the capability to produce them in-house has cost benefits in a time of tight budgets for state universities.
"I'm very surprised at the capabilities 31xbet online sports betting printing has opened up," Renberg said.
This 31xbet online sports betting model is of a dog with a rotated ulna and was used by a university veterinarian to determine the best treatment option for the animal. 
