Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Jan 2021
Evaluation of a Patient-Specific, Low-Cost, 3-Dimensional-Printed Transesophageal Echocardiography Human Heart Phantom.
Currently available 3-dimensional (3D) modeling and printing techniques allow for the creation of patient-specific models based on 3D medical imaging data. The authors hypothesized that a low-cost, patient-specific, cardiac computed tomography-based phantom, created using desktop 3D printing and casting, would have comparable image quality, accuracy, and usability to an existing commercially available echocardiographic phantom. ⋯ The study suggested that a 3D-printed TEE phantom is comparable with the commercially available one with good usability.