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

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

doi:10.1186/s41205-018-0030-y

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

3D Print Med. 2018 Nov 21;4(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s41205-018-0030-y.

Authors

Leonid Chepelev¹, Nicole Wake^{2

3}, Justin Ryan⁴, Waleed Althobaity¹, Ashish Gupta¹, Elsa Arribas⁵, Lumarie Santiago⁵, David H Ballard⁶, Kenneth C Wang⁷, William Weadock⁸, Ciprian N Ionita⁹, Dimitrios Mitsouras¹, Jonathan Morris¹⁰, Jane Matsumoto¹⁰, Andy Christensen¹, Peter Liacouras¹¹, Frank J Rybicki¹², Adnan Sheikh¹; RSNA Special Interest Group for 3D Printing

Collaborators

RSNA Special Interest Group for 3D Printing:
Abraham Levitin, Adam C Zoga, Alejandro A Espinoza, Alexander J Chien, Amar B Shah, Ambroise Mathurin Dzogang Temdemno, Amin S Chaoui, Amy E Alexander, Anand V Rao, Anne Garcia, Angel R Colon, Antoine Leimgruber, Antoine M Vanderhofstadt, Asra Khan-Bonenberger, Attilio A Guazzoni, Barbara L McComb, Benjamin E Tubb, Benjamin Johnson, Benjamin M Howe, Berdoudi Rabah, Bernadette M Greenwood, Beth A Ripley, Beth M Kline-Fath, Brent Chanin, Brian A Tweddale, Brian McNamee, Bruce M Barack, Bruce M Shuckett, Bryan Crutchfield, Carina L Butler, Carlin A Ridpath, Carlos I Hernandez Rojas, Carlos Torres, Carolina A Souza, Chen C Hoffmann, Cheryl L Kirby, Ching-Lan Wu, Chris Letrong, Christina Kotsarini, Christine J Kim, Christopher A Swingle, Christopher E Smith, Christopher Wilke, Christopher Yurko, Claudio Silva, Colin M Wilson, Craig S Howard, Damodaran Arul Selvam, Dana A Fuller, Daniel A Crawford, Daniel Davis, Daniel LaRussa, Daniel S Madsen, Daniele Marin, Darshit Thakrar, Dave Nuthals, David Dreizin, David M Hough, David MacCutcheon, Daya Vora, Deborah E Starkey, Denis Samama, Derek L West, Diane M Twickler, Donald S Emerson, Dong Xu, Dorothy J Shum, Eddy D Lucas, Eduardo M Rosa, Edward A Del Grosso, Edward P Quigley, Edward Stefanowicz, Enrique R Escobar, Eric M Baumel, Eric Teil, Erik W Stromeyer, Ernest J Ferris, Fabrizio D'Alessandro, Fadi Toonsi, Faisal M Shah, Fernando A Alvarado Sr, Francesco Potito, Frank S Bonelli, Freddy Drews, Gaetano T Pastena, Gary W Kerber, Gene Kitamura, George Antaki, Georgina A Viyella, Gerard P Farrar, Gloria M Rapoport, Gul Moonis, H Henry Guo, Halemane S Ganesh, Han N Ta, Haraldur Bjarnason, Hemant T Patel, Hongju Son, Hui J Chen, Hyun-Ju Lee, Irini M Youssef, Jack M Drew, Jaime Ribeiro Barbosa, James B Allison, James Shin, Jared V Grice, Jaroslaw Ast, Jayanthi Parthasarathy, Jeffrey A Haithcock, Jeffrey A Sodergren, Jeffrey D Hirsch, Jesus D Buonomo, Joaquim M Farinhas, Joel M Stein, Johannes Goerich, John A Skinner, John G O'Rourke, John Oh, John P Knoedler Jr, Jonathan A Aziza, Jonathan M Ford, Jorge E Salazar, Jose A Barriocanal, Jose A Maldonado, Joseph Johnnie, Joseph M Aulino, Josephine Pressacco, Judy H Song, Juergen Brandt, Julie S Lee, Juling Ong I, Justin Sutherland, Karen K Moeller, Katherine Weimer, Kathleen G Oxner, Kathryn E Pflug, Kelly D Smith, Kelly Oppe, Kenneth A Buckwalter, Kenneth L Sandock, Kent R Thielen, Kevin A Lugo, Kevin J Roche, Kevin L Pope, Keyur Mehta, Kimberly Torluemke, Kirby K Wong, Klaus Kubin, Kranthi K Kolli, Kristi B Oatis, Kwok-Chung Lai, Lance E Reinsmith, Lauralyn McDaniel, Leizle E Talangbayan, Leszek J Jaszczak, Ligia Cardona, Lincoln Wong, Liza Nellyta, Louis T Kircos, Luc Lacoursiere, Luca Remonda, Lucas M Sheldon, Luigi Grazioli, Luis A Campos, Luis A Rodriguez Palomares, Mamdouh E Rayan, Marc J Gollub, Margaret O Brown, Mariah N Geritano, Mariam Thomas, Mariano Sturla, Mark A Smith, Mark D Alson, Mark E Sharafinski Jr, Marshall B Hay, Mary Ellen Wickum, Mary Hu, Mary L Christie, Mashael K Alrujaib, Matthew Allen, Mayola C Boykin, Melanie Gillies, Michael D Maloney, Michael Gaisford, Michael L Richardson, Michael T McGuire, Michael T Miller, Michael W Itagaki, Michel Berube, Michel D Dumas, Michelle L Walker, Mohammad Eghtedari, Muge Ozhabes, Nathaniel Reichek, Naveen K Gowda, Nicholas C Fraley, Nicholas G Rhodes, Nopporn Beokhaimook, Pamela A Rowntree, Pascal Fontaine, Patricia A Rhyner, Patrick Chang, Paul E Lizotte, Paulo M Bernardes, Pedro E Diaz, Pen-An Liao, Perla M Salgado, Peter M Van Ooijen, Peter Piechocniski, Philip S Lim, Philipp Brantner, Philippe Grouwels, Phillip D Baker, Prasad S Dalvie, Qurashi M Ali Fadlelseed, R Scott Rader, Rajaram E Reddy, Rami M Shorti, Ramin Javan, Randolph K Otto, Raphael J Alcuri, Rasim C Oz, Richard A Levy, Richard E Barlow, Richard K Brown, Richard Shoenfeld, Rikesh J Makanji, Robert A Posniak, Robert L Falk, Robert M DeWitt, Robert S Redlich, Robyn A Pugash, Roy G Bryan Jr, Salim S Merchant, Sang Joon Park, Sang-Sun Han, Sanjay M Mallya, Sanjay P Prabhu, Sankar P Sinha, Sanket Chauhan, Satinder S Rekhi Jr, Scott H Faro, Scott T Williams, Sepideh Sefidbakht, Sergio A Gonzalez, Seth J Berkowitz, Shannon N Zingula, Shannon R Kirk, Sharon W Gould, Shuai Leng, Sidney D Machefsky, Sofiane Derrouis, Srini Malini, Stephane Khazoom, Stephen E Russek, Steven C Horii, Steven R Parmett, Sumit Pruthi, Summer J Decker, Tan M Nguyen, Terence J O'Loughlin, Terry C Lynch, Timothy L Auran, Todd Goldstein, Todd Pietila, Tone Lindgren, Tracy S Chen, Vartan M Malian, Vicente Gilsanz, Victor A McCoy, Vijay Jayaram, Vinicius V Alves, W Brian Hyslop, Wael M Abdalla, Walter A Carpenter, Wellington Eddy Reynaldo Paez Zumarraga, William D Boswell Jr, William Prows, Xing-Jun Gao, Yeong Shyan Lee, Yiwen Chen, Yoshimi Anzai, Zheng Jin, Adrian A Negreros-Osuna, Andreas Giannopoulos, Andres Vasquez, Boris Kumaev, Carissa M White, Eduardo Hernandez-Rangel, Elias Kikano, Elisa Spoldi, Jessica D Shand Smith, Justin Kerby, Kirk P Langheinz, Luis G Ricardez, Michael Bartellas, Narayana Vamyanmane Dhananjaya Kotebagilu, Sadia R Qamar, Sherazad Islam, Vasanthakumar Venugopal, Vjekoslav Kopacin, Yu-Hui Huang

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Center for Advanced Imaging Innovation and Research (CAI2R), Bernard and Irene Schwartz Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
³ Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
⁶ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
⁷ Baltimore VA Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁸ Department of Radiology and Frankel Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁹ Department of Neurosurgery, State University of New York Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
¹¹ 3D Medical Applications Center, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
¹² Department of Radiology and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. [email protected].

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.

Keywords: 3D printing; Additive manufacturing; Anatomic model; Appropriateness; Guideline; Quality; Radiology.

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