A feasibility study for using ABS plastic and a low-cost 3D printer for patient-specific brachytherapy mould design

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 399-412

  Harris, Benjamin D ^a   Nilsson, Sanna ^b   Poole, Christopher M ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D printing; Brachytherapy; Customised moulds; Patient specific treatment

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATHETERS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COSTS; IRIDIUM; MOLDS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLANNING; PRINTING MACHINERY; PRINTING PRESSES; RADIOTHERAPY;

3-D PRINTING; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PATIENT SPECIFIC; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

ABS RESINS;

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; PLASTIC; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; ABS RESIN; ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY DEVICE; CATHETER POSITIONING ACCURACY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL DEVICE; IMAGING PHANTOM; LAYER THICKNESS; PERCENTAGE INFILL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRINT QUALITY; PRINT SPEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; REPRODUCIBILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTER; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVICES; HEAD; HUMAN; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BUTADIENES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; PRECISION MEDICINE; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84942372935     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: 18795447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-015-0356-3     Document Type: Article

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