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Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) to print the first 3D model of a patient's heart using multiple imaging techniques. This hybrid 3D printing merges the benefits of different modalities to potentially improve diagnosis and surgical planning compared to previous methods using only one dataset. The team used software to combine CT and 3DTEE images into an accurate 3D anatomical model of the heart, creating more detailed printed models that may help physicians better treat heart conditions.

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Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully integrated computed tomography (CT) and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) to print the first 3D model of a patient's heart using multiple imaging techniques. This hybrid 3D printing merges the benefits of different modalities to potentially improve diagnosis and surgical planning compared to previous methods using only one dataset. The team used software to combine CT and 3DTEE images into an accurate 3D anatomical model of the heart, creating more detailed printed models that may help physicians better treat heart conditions.

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3D heart printed using multiple imaging techniques

Congenital heart experts from Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital have successfully
integrated two common imaging techniques to produce a three-dimensional anatomic model of a
patient's heart.

  The 3D model printing of patients' hearts has become more common in recent years as part of an
emerging, experimental field devoted to enhanced visualization of individual cardiac structures and
characteristics. But this is the first time the integration of computed tomography (CT) and three-
dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3DTEE) has successfully been used for printing a hybrid
3D model of a patient's heart. A proof-of-concept study authored by the Spectrum Health experts also
opens the way for these techniques to be used in combination with a third tool - magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI).

  "Hybrid 3D printing integrates the best aspects of two or more imaging modalities, which can
potentially enhance diagnosis, as well as interventional and surgical planning," said Jordan Gosnell,
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital cardiac sonographer, and lead author of the study. "Previous methods
of 3D printing utilize only one imaging modality, which may not be as accurate as merging two or more
datasets."

  The team used specialized software to register images from the two imaging modalities to selectively
integrate datasets to produce an accurate anatomic model of the heart. The result creates more
detailed and anatomically accurate 3D renderings and printed models, which may enable physicians to
better diagnose and treat heart disease.
Complete the sentences below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.

1. A three-dimensional   of a patient's heart was created by integrating two imaging


techniques. 

2. Spectrum Health scientists have found a way to combine and use three techniques: computed

tomography, three-dimensional trans-esophageal echocardiography and 

3. The new method of 3D printing is more efficient than previous methods because it merges two

and more  . 

4. With more accurate 3D renderings and  , physicians will be able to better diagnose
and treat heart disease. 

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