3D printing of an aortic aneurysm to facilitate decision making and device selection for endovascular aneurysm repair in complex neck anatomy

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 863-867

  Tam, Matthew D B S ^a,b   Laycock, Stephen D ^c   Brown, James R I ^a   Jakeways, Matthew ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D printing; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic model; Aortic phantom; Computed tomography; Decision making; Device deployment; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Rapid prototyping; Replica; Stent graft

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CASE REPORT; COMPLEX NECK ANATOMY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULAR SURGEON;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890097867     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: 15451550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/13-4450MR.1     Document Type: Article

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