Innovative developments in virtual and physical prototyping : proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 28 September-1 October, 2011

 Content: Surgical training and post-surgery evaluation using rapid prototyped biomodelsThe calibration of continuous Digital Light Processing (cDLP) for the highly accurate additive manufacturing of tissue engineered bone scaffolds; Fabrication and characterization of biodegradable composite scaffolds for Tissue Engineering; Spatially varying porosity with continuous path plan for hollowed tissue scaffolds; Heterogeneous tissue scaffolds for spatiotemporally controlled release kinetics; Medical application of rapid prototyping in orthopedics surgical planning Polycaprolactone-based scaffold plus BMP-2 in a sheep thoracic spine fusion modelDevelopment of functional graded device of PCL/PG by Selective Laser Sintering for drug delivery applications; Flexible PCL tube scaffolds by winding of micro-extruded filaments; Automation design and simulation of a stent; Production and in-vitro characterization of micro-structured implant surfaces; A study of mechanical and biological behavior of porous Ti6Al4V fabricated on EBM; Enabling technologies for robotic organ printing The semi-automated design & manufacture of patient-specific intervertebral disc implantsAdditive manufacturing of soft tissue geometries for reconstruction purposes; Development of patient-specific implants using Direct Metal Laser Sintering in Titanium; CAD and 3D Data Acquisition Technologies; A prototype of a spherical tippe top; An innovative methodology for laser scanner integration in a robot cell for small batch production of sculpture artworks; Application of time compression techniques to dental restoration: A procedure for quality evaluation Reverse engineering of casting equipment for process simulationPatient specific parametric geometric modelling of cementless hip prosthesis; Cross-section morphological study; Cellular structure design for lightweight components; ''No models, no moulds!''; Touchless gesture user interface for 3D visualization using the Kinect platform and open-source frameworks; Multi-material blending for complex-shaped heterogeneous objects; Gaussian Vault geometry: Integrated approach in design and fabrication of physical prototypes
 Abstract:             Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping presents essential research in the area of Virtual and Rapid Prototyping. The volume contains reviewed papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, hosted by the Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, from September 28 to October 1, 2011. A wide range of topics is covered, such as CAD and 3D Data Acquisition Technologies, Additive and Nano Manufacturing Technologies, Rapid Tooling & Manufacturing, Biomanufactu