SEMANTIC MEDICAL IMAGE TO 3D PRINT OF ANATOMIC STRUCTURE

摘要

A process for generating the 3D printer ready model of patient-specific anatomy is automated. An automated operation is provided instead of the manual operation of a 3D mesh from imaging to generate a 3D printer ready model. Segmentation can also be automated. In an approach method, transform between the predetermined mesh of anatomy and a patient-specific 3D mesh is calculated. The predetermined mesh has a corresponding 3D printer ready model. The 3D printer ready model is modified to become specific to the patient by applying the transform to the 3D printer ready model. In addition, target manipulation for modifying the semantic part of an anatomical structure can be included in 3D printing.