Optimizing radiation dosing in CT scans using 3D printed phantoms

Scientists at the University of Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany) have used inexpensive 3D printing to produce patient-specific organ models use to optimize nuclear medicine calibration for medical imaging. Scientists at University of Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany) have demonstrated that inexpensive clinical prototypes for optimizing nuclear medicine calibration for medical imaging can cheaply be produced using 3D printing technology. The team, led by Johannes Tran-Gia, PhD, created kidney dosimetry phantoms to provide patient-specific and direct calibration constants to avoid over- or under-dosing. In the study, four one-compartment kidney dosimetry phantoms and their spherical counterparts, to match sizes of human newborns to adults, were...