3-D printout of a DICOM file to aid surgical planning in a 6 year old patient with a large scapular osteochondroma complicating congenital diaphyseal aclasia.

A 6 year old girl presented with a large osteochondroma arising from the scapula. Radiographs, CT and MRI were performed to assess the lesion and to determine whether the lesion could be safely resected. A model of the scapula was created by post-processing the DICOM file and using a 3-D printer. The CT images were segmented and the images were then manually edited using a graphics tablet, and then an STL-file was generated and a 3-D plaster model printed. The model allowed better anatomical understanding of the lesion and helped plan surgical management.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Journal of Radiology Case Reports

• Publication date

  2012-07-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Engineering

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3941/jrcr.v6i1.889PMID 22690278PMCID PMC3370704
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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