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3D printing human tissues for medical, legal, and educational uses. Jacques Eric Timothy Zaneveld. Note: All models and images thereof were made by us. 3D Printing -Additive Manufacturing. 3D Printing works by depositing tiny layers of material Any shape can be made on the same machine. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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3D printing human tissues for medical, legal, and educational uses
Jacques Eric Timothy Zaneveld
Note: All models and images thereof were made by us
3D Printing -Additive Manufacturing
• 3D Printing works by depositing tiny layers of material
• Any shape can be made on the same machine
3D printing workflow: the hard part is getting a good computer model
Raw Data
Remove unwanted tissue
Raw model
Render in 3D
Final model Artist cleanup
3D printing
Physical model
Example project: Medical malpractice lawsuit
• Our client wanted an easily understood life sized model of a patient injury.
• The patient had a spinal chord constriction leading to him being paralyzed.
• We agreed to make models portraying the injury.
Raw Spine data - MRI
Bone was identified by hand
The low quality data (5mm slices) lead to a blocky model
A normal spine was fit to this data to generate the final model
The model was cut in half, showing the constriction
(below)
The constriction in the patient’s model was clearly visible.
Patient spine Healthy spine
The final print clearly shows the injury
These models are being used in an ongoing lawsuit
Each model was printed in two parts to allow easy viewing of both the interior and exterior.
Many designs, colors, and sizes of objects can be constructed
We can customize everything to client specifications
• Inputs:– Stacks of 2D images (dicom, .png, .bmp, etc)– Mesh files (.obj, .stl) – Matlab files / raw voxel data (.mat, .nii)– 3D modeling program outputs (.blend)
• Output:– Any size within 21cm X 21cm X 22cm– Any color (But only one color per piece)– Resolution: better than .06mm
Input / output possibilities
Ongoing projects:
• Printing patient brain lesions and tumors
• Making models of developing babies from ultrasound data
• Making scientific equipment