title: Patient specific physical anatomy models.
abstract: The advent of small footprint stereo-lithographic printers and the ready availability of segmentation and surface modeling software provide a unique opportunity to create patient-specific physical models of anatomy, validation of image guided intervention applications against phantoms that exhibit naturally occurring anatomic variation. Because these models can incorporate all structures relevant to a procedure, this allows validation to occur under realistic conditions using the same or similar techniques as would be used in a clinical application. This in turn reduces the number of trials and time spent performing in-vivo validation experiments. In this paper, we describe our general approach for the creation of both non-tissue and tissue-mimicking patient-specific models as part of a general-purpose patient emulation system used to validate image guided intervention applications.
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rettmann
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Robb
mesh_terms: D040761:Biomimetic Materials; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D010361:Patients; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D014481:United States