We Can Now Make Super Accurate 3D Printed Models of Patients’ Brains
Wyss Institute at Harvard University
It all started when a PhD student got a brain tumor. Brian Keating, who was earning his doctorate from MIT’s Media Lab’s Mediated Matter group, wanted a better understanding of what was happening in his head before he had surgery to get the tumor removed. He wanted to see the tumor up there — to hold it.
So Keating took his doctors’ observations to his lab’s collaborators at Harvard’s Wyss Institute. Together, the group figured out how to 3D print brains based on patients’ CT and MRI scans. The results of their work were published Tuesday in the journal 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing.
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