ABSTRACT

Based on standard diagnostic imaging (mainly CT and/or MRI), there are some possibilities of quite fast printing out geometrical models of examined areas, for individual patient, which may be used to perform detailed measurements or numerical simulations [4]. Such engineering support could be very effective in medical practice, especially when doctors have to deal with very complex cases and diseases. One of the examples is treatment of hydrocephalic children. What is hydrocephalus? The simplest definition is disturbance of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) physiology. The main production of CSF is located in choroid

deformation of the skull that leads to macrocrania and craniofacial dysmorphy [3,8].