Aortic Bifurcation

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This 3D print illustrates an aortic bifurcation and iliac arteries obtained from medical imaging, available in the OsiriX DICOM library at http://pubimage.hcuge.ch:8080/. The model depicts a CT scan patient with one or more right iliac stents. The print process utilized open-source software like AMNESIX Data set, OsiriX for segmentation and STL export, Meshlab for cleanup, and Netfabb for final GCode. Printing was done using RepG on an Ultimaker at 230 degrees with a "standard" profile, taking about 4 hours and 19 minutes. The model serves as an educational tool for engineers or designers working in stents and endovascular aneurysm repair devices, potentially useful for mold creation. Printed upside-down, it exhibited minimal drooping but required string clean-up. Future attempts could explore water-soluble PVA as a material option. More details on the model's journey can be found at http://craig.bonsignore.com/2012/01/17/open-source-human-anatomy/.