R_Bibb_Medical_Modelling_The_Application_of_Adv.pdf

104 Medical modelling
Post
model
Hospital department
Patient appointment
Radiology department
Scan patient
Make data available
Hospital department
Transfer data
Data segmented
Email data
RP service provider
RP files created
Build model
6.3 The current integrated procedure.
radiology department in their preferred format. The PC was connected to
the hospital’s local Intranet, which makes the data available to the registered
user in the Maxillofacial Unit using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to
another PC in the Maxillofacial Unit also connected to the Intranet. Other
registered users in other hospital departments can also be included if necessary.
The data is then burned in the Maxillofacial Unit onto CD, saved on
the PC’s hard disk and imported into the specialised imaging software