Dorweiler, Bernhard ORCID: 0000-0002-8262-8381, Baque, Pia Elisabeth, Chaban, Rayan, Ghazy, Ahmed and Salem, Oroa (2021). Quality Control in 3D Printing: Accuracy Analysis of 3D-Printed Models of Patient-Specific Anatomy. Materials, 14 (4). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1996-1944

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Abstract

As comparative data on the precision of 3D-printed anatomical models are sparse, the aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of 3D-printed models of vascular anatomy generated by two commonly used printing technologies. Thirty-five 3D models of large (aortic, wall thickness of 2 mm, n = 30) and small (coronary, wall thickness of 1.25 mm, n = 5) vessels printed with fused deposition modeling (FDM) (rigid, n = 20) and PolyJet (flexible, n = 15) technology were subjected to high-resolution CT scans. From the resulting DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) dataset, an STL file was generated and wall thickness as well as surface congruency were compared with the original STL file using dedicated 3D engineering software. The mean wall thickness for the large-scale aortic models was 2.11 mu m (+5%), and 1.26 mu m (+0.8%) for the coronary models, resulting in an overall mean wall thickness of +5% for all 35 3D models when compared to the original STL file. The mean surface deviation was found to be +120 mu m for all models, with +100 mu m for the aortic and +180 mu m for the coronary 3D models, respectively. Both printing technologies were found to conform with the currently set standards of accuracy (<1 mm), demonstrating that accurate 3D models of large and small vessel anatomy can be generated by both FDM and PolyJet printing technology using rigid and flexible polymers.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Dorweiler, BernhardUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8262-8381UNSPECIFIED
Baque, Pia ElisabethUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Chaban, RayanUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ghazy, AhmedUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Salem, OroaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-574401
DOI: 10.3390/ma14041021
Journal or Publication Title: Materials
Volume: 14
Number: 4
Date: 2021
Publisher: MDPI
Place of Publication: BASEL
ISSN: 1996-1944
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
Chemistry, Physical; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering; Physics, Applied; Physics, Condensed MatterMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57440

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