3D-printed replica heads are being used to help treat cancer patients

RTSafe

By Donna Lu

Radiotherapists are the usage of 3D printed heads to practice cancer treatments sooner than doing the right thing.

With the technique a particular person undergoing radiotherapy first has a CT scan to image their brain, tumour and surrounding bone and facial structure.

This is then turned true into a life-sized reproduction of their skull and facial look the usage of a technique that converts sequential CT photography true into a 3D structure. The model is made of a 3D-printed topic topic that absorbs and scatters the radiation historical for radiotherapy within the equivalent technique as human tissues. …