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Article3D printing in medicine2018

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 3D printing Special Interest Group (SIG): guidelines for medical 3D printing and appropriateness for clinical scenarios.

Leonid Chepelev, Nicole Wake, Justin Ryan, Waleed Althobaity, Ashish Gupta, Elsa Arribas, Lumarie Santiago, David H Ballard, Kenneth C Wang, William Weadock and 9 more

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Article in 3D printing in medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 121 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

121 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Leonid ChepelevDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Nicole WakeCenter for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Justin RyanRady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
Waleed AlthobaityDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Ashish GuptaDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Elsa ArribasDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Lumarie SantiagoDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
David H BallardMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Kenneth C WangBaltimore VA Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
William WeadockDepartment of Radiology and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Ciprian N IonitaDepartment of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Dimitrios MitsourasDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Jonathan MorrisDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Jane MatsumotoDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Andy ChristensenDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Peter Liacouras3D Medical Applications Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Frank J RybickiDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. frybicki@toh.ca.
Adnan SheikhDepartment of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
RSNA Special Interest Group for 3D Printing

Funding

TR&D 4: Revealing Microstructure: Biophysical modeling and validation for discovery and clinical careP41EB017183 · NIBIB · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Christopher M Collins · 2014 to 2026
$19.3M
Training OPportunities in Translational Imaging Education and Research (TOP-TIER)T32EB021955 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Hongyu An, Joseph Edward Ippolito · 2017 to 2026
$2.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB017183NIBIB NIH HHS T32 EB021955
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical three-dimensional (3D) printing has expanded dramatically over the past three decades with growth in both facility adoption and the variety of medical applications. Consideration for each step required to create accurate 3D printed models from medical imaging data impacts patient care and management. In this paper, a writing group representing the Radiological Society of North America Special Interest Group on 3D Printing (SIG) provides recommendations that have been vetted and voted on by the SIG active membership. This body of work includes appropriate clinical use of anatomic models 3D printed for diagnostic use in the care of patients with specific medical conditions. The recommendations provide guidance for approaches and tools in medical 3D printing, from image acquisition, segmentation of the desired anatomy intended for 3D printing, creation of a 3D-printable model, and post-processing of 3D printed anatomic models for patient care.

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3D printingAdditive manufacturingAnatomic modelAppropriatenessGuidelineQualityRadiology

Identifiers

PMID30649688
PMCPMC6251945

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