Autor según el artículo: Arenas, M; Sabater, S; Sintas, A; Arguís, M; Hernández, V; Arquez, M; López, L; Rovirosa, A; Puig, D
Departamento: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques
Autor/es de la URV: Arenas Prat, Meritxell / Arguis Pinel, Mònica / Arquez Pianetta, Miguel / Hernandez Masgrau, Victor / LÓPEZ ARÉVALO, IVAN / Puig Valls, Domènec Savi
Palabras clave: Skin cancer Moulds Brachytherapy 3d printing moulds brachytherapy 3d printing
Resumen: Skin cancer is the most common tumor in the population. There are different therapeutic modalities. Brachytherapy is one of the techniques used, in which it is necessary to build customized moulds for some patients. Currently, these moulds are made by hand using rudimentary techniques. We present a new procedure based on 3D printing and the analysis of the clinical workflow.Moulds can be made either by hand or by automated 3D printing. For making moulds by hand, a patient's alginate negative is created and, from that, the gypsum cast and customized moulds are made by hand from the patient's negative template. The new process is based on 3D printing. The first step is to take a 3D scan of the surface of the patient and then, 3D modelling software is used to obtain an accurate anatomical reconstruction of the treatment area. We present the clinical workflow using 3D scanning and printing technology, comparing its costs with the usual custom handmade mould protocol.The time spent for the new process is 6.25 hours, in contrast to the time spent for the conventional process, which is 9.5 hours. We found a 34% reduction in time required to create a mould for brachytherapy treatment. The labor cost of the conventional process is 211.5 vs. 152.5 hours, so the reduction is 59 hours. There is also a 49.5% reduction in the financial costs, mostly due to lack of need of a computed tomography (CT) scan of the gypsum and the mould. 3D scanning and printing offers financial benefits and reduces the clinical workload.As the present project demonstrates, through the application of 3D printing technologies, the costs and time spent during the process in the clinical workload in brachytherapy treatment are reduced. Overall, 3D printing is a promising technique for brachytherapy that might be well received in the community.
Áreas temáticas: Radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging Radiology, nuclear medicine & medical imaging Oncology Medicina ii Medicina i
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 1689832X
Direcció de correo del autor: monica.arguis@urv.cat victor.hernandez@urv.cat miguel.arquez@urv.cat miguel.arquez@urv.cat meritxell.arenas@urv.cat domenec.puig@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-3770-8486 0000-0003-0815-2570 0000-0002-0562-4205
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 9 (3): 270-276
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Arenas, M; Sabater, S; Sintas, A; Arguís, M; Hernández, V; Arquez, M; López, L; Rovirosa, A; Puig, D (2017). Individualized 3D scanning and printing for non-melanoma skin cancer brachytherapy: A financial study for its integration into clinical workflow. Journal Of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 9(3), 270-276. DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2017.68134
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2017
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
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