A 3D Printing-based Realistic Anthropomorphic Dental Phantom and its imaging Evaluation

Abstract

In this study, we present a 3D-printing based(1) realistic anthropomorphic dental phantom and its imaging evaluation. A real skull phantom was scanned with MDCT at high resolution, and then image segmentation and 3D model were carried out. The created phantom was scanned with by using an MDCT and a dental CT scanner for image quality evaluation of metal artifacts3. Our study demonstrated the feasibility of making 3D printing-based making realistic anthropomorphic phantoms which can be used in various dental imaging studies