Novel 3D printed model for femoral artery access procedure training

A Stanford University (CA, USA) research team have utilized 3D printing to create an accurate 3D model of blood vessels which can be utilized for training medical students. A 3D printed model of a patient's blood vessels could be an inexpensive and effective training model for medical students in interventional radiology vascular access. A study proposing this technique was presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting in California this week. "We've come up with a viable method for creating something that's inexpensive and also customizable to individual patients," explained Alexander Sheu, lead author of the study...