3D printing of MRI compatible components: Why every MRI research group should have a low-budget 3D printer

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1373-1380

  Herrmann, Karl Heinz ^a   Gärtner, Clemens ^a,b   Güllmar, Daniel ^a   Krämer, Martin ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D printer, MRI, CAD, fixation; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COSTS; FIXED PLATFORMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRINTING PRESSES;

FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; INTERNAL STRUCTURE; MODEL GEOMETRY; MOTION ARTIFACT; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; PRODUCTION COST; RESEARCH GROUPS; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

3D PRINTERS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRINTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RESEARCH; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; RESEARCH;

EID: 84908030901     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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