A systematic review on 3D-printed imaging and dosimetry phantoms in radiation therapy

R Tino, A Yeo, M Leary, M Brandt… - Technology in cancer …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Additive manufacturing or 3-dimensional printing has become a widespread
technology with many applications in medicine. We have conducted a systematic review of …

Three‐dimensional printing in radiation oncology: a systematic review of the literature

MK Rooney, DM Rosenberg… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose/objectives Three‐dimensional (3D) printing is recognized as an effective
clinical and educational tool in procedurally intensive specialties. However, it has a nascent …

Using 3D printing techniques to create an anthropomorphic thorax phantom for medical imaging purposes

C Hazelaar, M van Eijnatten, M Dahele, J Wolff… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Imaging phantoms are widely used for testing and optimization of imaging devices
without the need to expose humans to irradiation. However, commercially available …

Clinical implementation of 3D printing in the construction of patient specific bolus for electron beam radiotherapy for non-melanoma skin cancer

RA Canters, IM Lips, M Wendling, M Kusters… - Radiotherapy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Creating an individualized tissue equivalent material build-up (ie
bolus) for electron beam radiation therapy is complex and highly labour-intensive. We …

Characterizing 3D printing in the fabrication of variable density phantoms for quality assurance of radiotherapy

J Madamesila, P McGeachy, JEV Barajas, R Khan - Physica Medica, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To present characterization, process flow, and applications of 3D fabricated low
density phantoms for radiotherapy quality assurance (QA). Material and methods A Rostock …

Radiological properties of 3D printed materials in kilovoltage and megavoltage photon beams

OL Dancewicz, SR Sylvander, TS Markwell, SB Crowe… - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This study evaluates the radiological properties of different 3D printing materials for
a range of photon energies, including kV and MV CT imaging and MV radiotherapy beams …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional printer-generated patient-specific phantom for artificial in vivo dosimetry in radiotherapy quality assurance

T Kamomae, H Shimizu, T Nakaya, K Okudaira… - Physica medica, 2017 - Elsevier
Pretreatment intensity-modulated radiotherapy quality assurance is performed using simple
rectangular or cylindrical phantoms; thus, the dosimetric errors caused by complex patient …

Additive manufacturing in radiation oncology: a review of clinical practice, emerging trends and research opportunities

R Tino, M Leary, A Yeo, E Kyriakou… - … Journal of Extreme …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The additive manufacturing (AM) process plays an important role in enabling cross-
disciplinary research in engineering and personalised medicine. Commercially available …

3D printing methods for radiological anthropomorphic phantoms

N Okkalidis - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Three dimensional (3D) printing technology has been widely evaluated for the fabrication of
various anthropomorphic phantoms during the last couple of decades. The demand for such …

Material matters: analysis of density uncertainty in 3D printing and its consequences for radiation oncology

DF Craft, SF Kry, P Balter, M Salehpour… - Medical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Using 3D printing to fabricate patient‐specific devices such as tissue
compensators, boluses, and phantoms is inexpensive and relatively simple. However, most …