During the Materialise World Conference 2010 Fried Vancraen, founder and CEO of Materialise, announced the winners of the 2010 edition of our renown Mimics Innovation Awards. Once again, the jury had the tough task to read and evaluate all submissions. Not only the high quality of all these submissions makes it a tough job, but also the high amount of entries we received this year: 75 papers and posters were sent in for this edition, from 24 different countries. This is the highest amount we've had so far!
 
So we would like to thank all of you who submitted a paper or a poster for being so innovative with our Mimics Innovation Suite. You all truly help us in creating a better and healthier world!
 
And now, finally, the results:

 
1. Category 1: Innovative implant design system and the development of innovative medical procedures
- Winner: Laszlo Kovacs (Germany) - Patient-Specific Optimization of Prosthetic Socket Construction and Fabrication Using Innovative Manufacturing Processes: A Project in Progress (5,000€)
 
- Runner-Up: Conor Walsh (USA) - Quantatative Assessment of Bone using High Resolution Flat-Panel Volume CT and Mimics
 
 
2. Category 2: Innovations in Computer Aided Engineering
 

- Winner: Lu Sheng (China) - A Novel Patient-specific Navigational Template for Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement (5,000€)
 
- Runner-Up: Deng Dongdong (China) - Construction of cardiac conduction system and fiber orientation using Mimics
 
 
3.  Category 3: Open Category
 

- Winner: Francis Gayzik (USA) - The Development of Full Body Geometrical Data for Finite Element Models: A MultiModality Approach (5,000€)
 
- Runner-Up: Summer Decker (USA) - Who is this Person? The application of modern computer technologies to the emerging field of Virtual Forensic Anthropology
 
 
4. Category 4: Poster Category
 

- Winner: David Frakes (USA) - Patient-Specific Models for Improved Surgical Planning of Tetralogy of Fallot Repair (2,500€)
 
- Runner-Up: Charlotte Debbaut (Belgium) - 3D reconstruction and modeling of the blood flowthrough the human liver
 
 
For more information about the Mimics Innovation Awards, please check our website www.materialise.com/mia
The papers will be available for download soon.
 
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