Geometric and mechanical evaluation of 3D-printing materials for skull base anatomical education and endoscopic surgery simulation – A first step to create reliable customized simulators

• Valentin Favier ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: v-favier@chu-montpellier.fr

  Affiliations Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectonics (LIRMM), ICAR team, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, ENT department, University Hospital of Montpellier, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7999-951X

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• Nabil Zemiti,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation LIRMM, DEXTER team, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

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• Oscar Caravaca Mora,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software

  Affiliation LIRMM, DEXTER team, CNRS, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

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• Gérard Subsol,

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectonics (LIRMM), ICAR team, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

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• Guillaume Captier,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Anatomy laboratory, School of Medicine, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

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• Renaud Lebrun,

  Roles Investigation, Software

  Affiliation Evolutionary Sciences Institute of Montpellier, MRI-ISEM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

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• Louis Crampette,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation ENT department, University Hospital of Montpellier, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier, France

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• Michel Mondain,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation ENT department, University Hospital of Montpellier, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, Montpellier, France

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• Benjamin Gilles

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Montpellier Laboratory of Informatics, Robotics and Microelectonics (LIRMM), ICAR team, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Montpellier University, Montpellier, France, AnatoScope SA, Montpellier, France

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