Eric MörthORCID iD
3D-Printing of Fetal Ultrasound

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  • Publication Type: Bachelor Thesis
  • Workgroup(s)/Project(s):
  • Date: 2016
  • Date (Start): 2016
  • Date (End): 2016
  • Matrikelnummer: 1325306
  • First Supervisor: Eduard GröllerORCID iD

Abstract

The 3D ultrasound in prenatal diagnostics is nowadays a standard investigation in the field of medical informatics. The acquired data can be used in lots of different applications. One of them is to fabricate the fetus model using a 3D printer. The problem here is to convert the given volume data into a structure that can be printed. Current generation of 3D printers expect as an input objects defined by closed surfaces. This work handles the problem of how to calculate such surfaces. Our solution relies on the marching cubes algorithm that extracts the surface out of the volume data. The extracted surface is then refined. The last processing step is to save the data into an suitable data format. The results demonstrate that it is possible to print the fetus model from the 3D ultrasound data and that people are able to perceive the face of the fetus in the fabricated objects.

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@bachelorsthesis{moerth_eric-2016-3DF,
  title =      "3D-Printing of Fetal Ultrasound",
  author =     "Eric M\"{o}rth",
  year =       "2016",
  abstract =   "The 3D ultrasound in prenatal diagnostics is nowadays a
               standard investigation in the field of medical informatics.
               The acquired data can be used in lots of different
               applications. One of them is to fabricate the fetus model
               using a 3D printer. The problem here is to convert the given
               volume data into a structure that can be printed. Current
               generation of 3D printers expect as an input objects defined
               by closed surfaces. This work handles the problem of how to
               calculate such surfaces. Our solution relies on the marching
               cubes algorithm that extracts the surface out of the volume
               data. The extracted surface is then refined. The last
               processing step is to save the data into an suitable data
               format. The results demonstrate that it is possible to print
               the fetus model from the 3D ultrasound data and that people
               are able to perceive the face of the fetus in the fabricated
               objects.",
  address =    "Favoritenstrasse 9-11/E193-02, A-1040 Vienna, Austria",
  school =     "Institute of Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna
               University of Technology ",
  URL =        "https://www.cg.tuwien.ac.at/research/publications/2016/moerth_eric-2016-3DF/",
}