Three-Dimensional Portable Document Format (3D PDF) in Clinical Communication and Biomedical Sciences: Systematic Review of Applications, Tools, and Protocols.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the standard file format for the communication of biomedical information via the internet and for electronic scholarly publishing. Although PDF allows for the embedding of three-dimensional (3D) objects and although this technology has great potential for the communication of such data, it is not broadly used by the scientific community or by clinicians.

Objective

The objective of this review was to provide an overview of existing publications that apply 3D PDF technology and the protocols and tools for the creation of model files and 3D PDFs for scholarly purposes to demonstrate the possibilities and the ways to use this technology.

Methods

A systematic literature review was performed using PubMed and Google Scholar. A

SUBMITTER: Newe A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6103636 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature