Clinical Applications of Mixed Reality and 3D Printing in Congenital Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the anatomical features and generation of realistic three-dimensional (3D) visualization of congenital heart disease (CHD) is always challenging due to the complexity and wide spectrum of CHD. Emerging technologies, including 3D printing and mixed reality (MR), have the potential to overcome these limitations based on 2D and 3D reconstructions of the standard DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) images. However, very little research has been conducted with regard to the clinical value of these two novel technologies in CHD. This study aims to investigate the usefulness and clinical value of MR and 3D printing in assisting diagnosis, medical education, pre-operative planning, and intraoperative guidance of CHD surgeries through evaluations from a group of car

SUBMITTER: Lau I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9687840 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature