A beating heart model 3D printed from specific patient data

Author

Markert, M. ; Weber, S. ; Lueth, T.C.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

4472

Lastpage

4475

Abstract

In this article, a method for manufacturing of heart models is presented. These models are created from CT or MRI data and are patient specific. They are applied to surgical planning in cardiac surgery to obtain more information of the anatomical structure. The models were produced using a 3d printing technology based on starch, allowing highlighting different sections of the model by colors and creation of flexible models, which can be handled easily. In addition, the motion of the heart was coarsely simulated with such a model.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; cardiology; computerised tomography; medical diagnostic computing; surgery; 3d printing technology; CT; MRI; anatomical structure; beating heart model; cardiac surgery; surgical planning; Anatomical structure; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Heart; Image segmentation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Printers; Prototypes; Surgery; Virtual manufacturing; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Heart; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Models, Cardiovascular; Myocardial Contraction; Myocardium; Tomography, X-Ray Computed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353332

Filename

4353332