3-D printouts of the tracheobronchial tree generated from CT images as an aid to management in a case of tracheobronchial chondromalacia caused by relapsing polychondritis

Journal of Radiology Case Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 34-43

  Tam, Matthew David ^a,b   Laycock, Stephen David ^c,d   Jayne, David ^e   Babar, Judith ^e   Noble, Brendon ^c  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUFFOLK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D modeling; 3D printing; DICOM; Rapid prototyping; Relapsing polychondritis; STL; Tracheobronchomalacia

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLUCOCORTICOID; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RITUXIMAB;

ACUTE CONFUSION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; RELAPSE; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

3D MODELING; 3D PRINTING; DICOM; RAPID PROTOTYPING; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; STL; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

AGED; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; RECURRENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA;

EID: 84882956308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v7i8.1390     Document Type: Article

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