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3D printed phantoms

A thorax CT was segmented into bone and soft tissue, and converted to STL geometry files suitable for the 3D printer. Soft tissue was printed in Tango Plus (83 HU) and bone in Vero White (136 HU). Lung cavities were filled with sawdust (-795 HU).

Patient CT

A plastic model of a spherical tumour with a film insert was mounted on a moving platform.

Printed phantom

Phantom CT

Mayer et al. 2015