{"id":9536,"date":"2018-09-11T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/?p=9536"},"modified":"2018-09-11T06:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T06:50:34","slug":"breast-cancer-with-3d-printed-phantom-mammary-110920184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dnatives.com\/en\/breast-cancer-with-3d-printed-phantom-mammary-110920184\/","title":{"rendered":"Diagnose breast cancer with 3D printed breast phantoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

A team of researchers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Maryland in the United States announced the development of a new 3D printing software tool. A tool that can help in the creation of 3D printed breast phantoms.\u00a0These models, fully adapted to the morphology of the patient, could improve the detection and treatment of breast cancer.<\/p>\n

According to Cancer Research in the UK, more than 90% of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier stage survive the disease for at least 5 years.\u00a0This is due in part to the use of breast phantoms instead of breast tissue. The phantoms are used to test mammography devices to better diagnose and treat cancer.\u00a0Thanks to 3D technologies, it seems that American researchers have created tailor-made solutions, more adapted to the specific morphology of each patient.\u00a0An initiative that echoes\u00a03D printed mammary prostheses\u00a0by the South African company iMedTech Group. As well as when researchers in the Netherlands created the world\u2019s smallest, most accurate 3D printed biopsy robot<\/a> for use in detecting breast cancer.<\/p>\n

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3D printed models to better detect breast cancer<\/h3>\n

US researchers say they have developed open source software that can create 3D printed phantoms.\u00a0They could replicate the anatomical variability of actual breasts, including varying densities, heterogeneous structures, architectural distortions, and benign and malignant lesions. All details crucial when possibly diagnosing cancer.<\/p>

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Andreu Badal, a physicist at the FDA, says that phantoms do not accurately represent the shape of the patient’s breast. Even if they avoid exposure to unnecessary mammograms.\u00a0Faced with this obstacle, the researchers developed an open source software, called the mammo-replicator. A software that would convert standard 2D mammograms into precise 3D virtual models.\u00a0These could then be printed in 3D, as so called 3D printed breast phantoms.<\/p>\n

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Models printed in 3D (photo credits: Andreu Badal)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Using a\u00a0Stratasys Objet260 Connex3<\/a>\u00a0printer, the research team would have printed one of the three mammary phantoms in about 10 hours. They found that mammograms made with these 3D printed phantoms showed results similar to the previous ones. This while offering a better texture of the glandular and adipose tissues found in the breast.\u00a0The results are therefore encouraging and could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.\u00a0You can find more information in the\u00a0Journal of Medical Imaging<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think of these 3D printed breast phantoms?\u00a0Can they help to better diagnose breast cancer?\u00a0Let us know in a comment below or on our\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0pages! And remember to sign up for our free weekly\u00a0Newsletter<\/a>, to get all the latest news in 3D printing send straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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