Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sepideh Hatamikia wrote a new paper in 'Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik'

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sepideh Hatamikia wrote a new paper in the 'Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik' journal with the title ‘3D printed patient-specific thorax phantom with realistic heterogenous bone radiopacity using filament printer technology’. Current medical imaging phantoms are usually limited by simplified geometry and radiographic skeletal homogeneity, which confines their usage for image quality assessment. In order to fabricate realistic imaging phantoms, replication of the entire tissue morphology and the associated CT numbers, defined as Hounsfield Unit (HU) is required. 3D printing is a promising technology for the production of medical imaging phantoms with accurate anatomical replication. In this study, we used filament printing technology to develop a CT-derived 3D printed thorax phantom with realistic bone-equivalent radiodensity. The generated thorax phantom geometry closely resembles a patient and includes direct manufacturing of bone structures while creating life-like heterogeneity within bone tissues. More information can be find here, link to the journal online: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939388922000071