Use of 3D printed materials as tissue-equivalent phantoms

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 728-731

  Kairn, T ^a,b   Crowe, S B ^b,c   Markwell, T ^d  

^a Genesis CancerCare Queensland ^*  (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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

^d Mater Radiation Oncology Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung phantom; Radiation therapy; Rapid prototyping

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PRINTING; RADIOTHERAPY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; STYRENE; TISSUE;

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; DESIGN SPECIFICATION; LINEAR ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; LUNG PHANTOM; TISSUE EQUIVALENT PHANTOM;

3D PRINTERS;

EID: 84944329595     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19387-8_179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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