Khan Imad S, Kelly Patrick D, Singer Robert J
J.B. Marshall Laboratory for Neurovascular Therapeutics, NH, USA ; Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Surg Neurol Int. 2014 Jan 27;5:11. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.125858. eCollection 2014.
Prototyping of cerebral vasculature models through stereolithographic methods have the ability to accurately depict the 3D structures of complicated aneurysms with high accuracy. We describe the method to manufacture such a model and review some of its uses in the context of treatment planning, research, and surgical training.
We prospectively used the data from the rotational angiography of a 40-year-old female who presented with an unruptured right paraclinoid aneurysm. The 3D virtual model was then converted to a physical life-sized model.
The model constructed was shown to be a very accurate depiction of the aneurysm and its associated vasculature. It was found to be useful, among other things, for surgical training and as a patient education tool.
With improving and more widespread printing options, these models have the potential to become an important part of research and training modalities.
通过立体光刻方法制作脑脉管系统模型能够高精度地准确描绘复杂动脉瘤的三维结构。我们描述了制造此类模型的方法,并在治疗规划、研究和外科培训背景下回顾了其一些用途。
我们前瞻性地使用了一名患有未破裂右床突旁动脉瘤的40岁女性的旋转血管造影数据。然后将三维虚拟模型转换为实物大小的模型。
构建的模型被证明是对动脉瘤及其相关脉管系统的非常准确的描绘。发现它尤其在外科培训方面以及作为患者教育工具很有用。
随着打印选项的改进和更广泛应用,这些模型有可能成为研究和培训方式的重要组成部分。