April 2019: 3D Print for Breast Reconstruction Planning

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3D printed models are playing an increasingly significant role in surgical planning. Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforators (DIEP) are vessels that go through the abdominal muscles and feed the fatty tissue on top of it. This information helps…

March 2019: 3D Printing Fiber Tracts in Brain

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A fiber tract is a collection of nerves in the brain that transmits information. Diffusion Tractography Imaging (DTI) is a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) method that can be used to image these fiber tracts and their relationship…

Aortic Major Diameters Comparison

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The pictures above are measurements done by Stanford’s 3DQ Lab and are taken from one patient’s CT scans over a 3 year period.  It shows an aortic dissection that becomes aneurysmal. An aneurysm is defined as an abnormal bulge of…

Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome (PAES)

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Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome is a rare vascular disease that can be present from birth due to the way the calf muscles develop, or it can develop as a result of athletic training as the calf muscle enlarges. The popliteal artery is the…

Coronary Aneurysm

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67 year old male with severe three-vessel coronary artery disease with occluded native Left Anterior Descending aorta and Right Coronary Artery. Both images display the Left Main Coronary Artery with a small aneurysm (12mm). The proximal…

Anomalous Coronary Origin

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70 year old female with incidental finding of a single coronary artery that bifurcates to supply blood to the right and left sides of the heart. Image A is an oblique slab MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection) displaying a single coronary…