TY - JOUR
T1 - 3D printing from cardiovascular CT
T2 - A practical guide and review
AU - Otton, James M.
AU - Birbara, Nicolette S.
AU - Hussain, Tarique
AU - Greil, Gerald
AU - Foley, Thomas A.
AU - Pather, Nalini
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Surgical and Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Prince of Wales Clinical School, UNSW Australia; the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre, UNSW Australia; and Objective3D Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Victoria, Australia. Dr James Otton would like to acknowledge research support from South West Sydney Local Health District and grant support from the St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation, Sydney Australia. We would like to acknowledge Lorenzo Lucia for technical illustrations.
Publisher Copyright:
© Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - Current cardiovascular imaging techniques allow anatomical relationships and pathological conditions to be captured in three dimensions. Three-dimensional (3D) printing, or rapid prototyping, has also become readily available and made it possible to transform virtual reconstructions into physical 3D models. This technology has been utilised to demonstrate cardiovascular anatomy and disease in clinical, research and educational settings. In particular, 3D models have been generated from cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) imaging data for purposes such as surgical planning and teaching. This review summarises applications, limitations and practical steps required to create a 3D printed model from cardiovascular CT.
AB - Current cardiovascular imaging techniques allow anatomical relationships and pathological conditions to be captured in three dimensions. Three-dimensional (3D) printing, or rapid prototyping, has also become readily available and made it possible to transform virtual reconstructions into physical 3D models. This technology has been utilised to demonstrate cardiovascular anatomy and disease in clinical, research and educational settings. In particular, 3D models have been generated from cardiovascular computed tomography (CT) imaging data for purposes such as surgical planning and teaching. This review summarises applications, limitations and practical steps required to create a 3D printed model from cardiovascular CT.
KW - 3D printing
KW - Cardiovascular computed tomography (CT)
KW - Three-dimensional (3D) model
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U2 - 10.21037/cdt.2017.01.12
DO - 10.21037/cdt.2017.01.12
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85031825700
SN - 2223-3652
VL - 7
SP - 507
EP - 526
JO - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
JF - Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy
IS - 5
ER -