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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2022.16.6.673

Analysis of the Effect of Entry-Level 3D Printer Materials on CT Images  

Se-Hwan, Park (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Sciences, Eulji University)
Hyun-Jung, Jo (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Sciences, Eulji University)
Sung-Jun, Lee (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Sciences, Eulji University)
Song-Bin, Lee (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Sciences, Eulji University)
Sang-Hyub, Park (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Dae-Yeon, Ryu (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Yeong-Cheol, Heo (Department of Radiological Science, College of Health Sciences, Eulji University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.16, no.6, 2022 , pp. 673-680 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, based on PLA, we analyzed the Hounsfield Unit (HU) of materials containing 20% each of aluminum, wood, copper, carbon, and marble, and tried to analyze how they affect the image. A cylindrical phantom of 5×30×30 ㎣ (thickness×diameter×height) was fabricated using a entry-level 3D printer. The kV was changed to 80, 100 and 120, and the mAs was changed to 100 and 200 mAs, and the phantom in the center of the table was cross-scanned under a total of six conditions. A circular ROI was set using image J program and the quantification value of the material part HU and the quantification value of the peripheral part CNR were obtained. The HU average of the material part increased in the order of [PLA - wood 20%], [PLA - marble 20%], [PLA - carbon 20%], [PLA 100%], [PLA - aluminum 20%], [PLA - copper 20%] (p<0.05) a negative correlation was confirmed with the HU by increasing kV. It was confirmed that the CNR value in the peripheral area increased in the order of [PLA - marble 20%], [PLA - copper 20%], [PLA - carbon 20%], [PLA - wood 20%], [PLA - aluminum 20%], and [PLA - 100%] (p<0.05). Human organs with similar HU values for each material are [PLA - copper 20%] compact bone, [PLA - aluminum 20%] cancellous bone, [PLA 100%] coagulated blood, [PLA - carbon 20%] and [PLA - marble 20%] liver, muscle, spleen and [PLA - wood 20%] had similar values to fat. In addition, we confirmed the blur phenomenon that blurs the image around the filament with all materials, and confirmed that [PLA 100%] especially has the most blur around the filament. Therefore, it is considered desirable to reflect the HU value of the target organ and consider cloudiness around the phantom when selecting materials for medical phantom fabrication, and this research can provide basic data.
Keywords
Polylactic Acid(PLA); 3D printer; Computed Tomography(CT); CT number; Hounsfield Unit(HU);
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