Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 3D printing Special Interest Group (SIG): guidelines for medical 3D printing and appropriateness for clinical scenarios

Rsna Special Interest Group For 3D Printing ,Leonid Chepelev,Kenneth C Wang,Jonathan Morris,Jane Matsumoto,Ciprian N Ionita,Waleed Althobaity,Dimitrios Mitsouras,Nicole Wake,Adnan Sheikh,Lumarie Santiago,Frank J Rybicki,Ashish Gupta,Peter Liacouras,Andy Christensen,Justin Ryan,David H Ballard,Elsa Arribas,William Weadock

doi:10.1186/s41205-018-0030-y

Abstract

Medical three-dimensional (3D) printing has expanded dramatically over the past three decades with growth in both facility adoption and the variety of medical applications. Consideration for each step required to create accurate 3D printed models from medical imaging data impacts patient care and management. In this paper, a writing group representing the Radiological Society of North America Special Interest Group on 3D Printing (SIG) provides recommendations that have been vetted and voted on by the SIG active membership. This body of work includes appropriate clinical use of anatomic models 3D printed for diagnostic use in the care of patients with specific medical conditions. The recommendations provide guidance for approaches and tools in medical 3D printing, from image acquisition, segmentation of the desired anatomy intended for 3D printing, creation of a 3D-printable model, and post-processing of 3D printed anatomic models for patient care.

Highlights

In 2016, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) approved a proposal to create the Special Interest Group on 3D Printing (SIG)
Appropriateness consensus guideline generation The Special Interest Group has initiated the quality and safety scholarship to identify those clinical situations for which 3D Printing is considered an appropriate, and not appropriate, representation of the data contained in a medical imaging examination
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images are not routinely sent directly to a 3D printer for printing, so medical images are segmented and converted to a file type that is recognized by 3D printers

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Introduction

In 2016, the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) approved a proposal to create the Special Interest Group on 3D Printing (SIG). This document fulfills two of the original SIG goals: to provide recommendations towards consistent and safe production of 3D printed models derived from medical images, and to describe a set of clinical scenarios for 3D printing is appropriate for the intended use of caring for patients with those medical conditions. This project fills a previously unmet need for practice parameters/guidelines regarding the clinical service of anatomic modeling This subcommittee is comprised of volunteer members of the SIG who form the writing group of this document

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