Nikitichev, D;
Xia, W;
Daher, B;
Hill, E;
Wong, RYJ;
David, AL;
Desjardins, AE;
... Vercauteren, T; + view all
(2016)
Placenta Vasculature 3D Printed Imaging and Teaching Phantoms.
In:
Proceedings of the NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference, Printing for Fabrication 2016 (NIP32).
(pp. pp. 431-434).
Society for Imaging Science and Technology: Manchester, UK.
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Abstract
Three-dimensional printing makes it possible to create patient-specific, complex anatomical geometries that can be used for training, teaching and surgical planning. The human placenta is a vital organ that transports nutrients from the mothers' uterine circulation to the fetus via a complex vasculature. Complications of the fetal vasculature are increasingly being imaged with ultrasound and treated before birth using invasive fetal therapy. There is a need for human placenta training phantoms such as placental anastomoses that occur in monochorionic twin pregnancy and can cause twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and fetal death, if untreated. In this study we developed two phantoms based on the human placenta using 3D printing technology: an ultrasound imaging phantom and an anatomical teaching model.
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