Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal

User menu

  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • Log out

Search

  • Advanced search
Saudi Medical Journal
  • Other Publications
    • NeuroSciences Journal
  • My alerts
  • Log in
  • Log out
Saudi Medical Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Latest
    • Archive
    • home
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
    • Join SMJ
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Office
    • Editorial Board
  • More
    • Advertising
    • Alerts
    • Feedback
    • Folders
    • Help
  • Follow psmmc on Twitter
  • Visit psmmc on Facebook
  • RSS
Research ArticleOriginal Article
Open Access

The reproduction accuracy for stereolithographic model of the thyroid gland derived from the visible human dataset

Samet Kapakin and Deniz Demiryurek
Saudi Medical Journal July 2009, 30 (7) 887-892;
Samet Kapakin
Dadaskent Family Practice Center, Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey, Erzurum 25090 Erzurum, Turkey. Tel. +90 (442) 3275880. Fax. +90 (442) 6314188. E-mail: [email protected]
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
Deniz Demiryurek
Dadaskent Family Practice Center, Ministry of Health, Republic of Turkey, Erzurum 25090 Erzurum, Turkey. Tel. +90 (442) 3275880. Fax. +90 (442) 6314188. E-mail: [email protected]
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: [email protected]
  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate reproduction accuracy of the rapid prototyping technique by comparing 3-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD) (virtual) model with stereolithographic (solid) replica of the thyroid gland.

METHODS: The Visible Human Dataset was used as the input imaging data. The Surfdriver software package was applied on these images to reconstruct the thyroid gland as 3-dimensional Data Exchange File (DXF) models. These models were post-processed in Cinema 4D and 3D-Doctor software for Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) and Standard Triangulation Language (STL) formats. Stereolithographic replica was manufactured in the rapid prototyping machine using STL format. This study was conducted between June 1-30, 2008 at the Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. An excellent agreement was found in comparing the maximal dimensions of the CAD model of the thyroid gland and the corresponding stereolithographic model. Visual and tactile examination of the thyroid gland model allowed correct depiction of the thyroid gland anatomy. The accuracy of the stereolithographic model was attained by comparing wih the CAD model.

RESULTS: Dimensional analysis showed that an average difference between the measurements on the virtual and the solid model was 0.09 mm (p=0.06), ranging from 0.07-0.92 mm. Thyroid volume and surface area were calculated to be 25393.9 mm3 and 8242.8 mm2 using 3D-Doctor software, which were agreement with those obtained from Brunn's formula.

CONCLUSION: Stereolithographic biomodeling is a state-of-the-art and reliable method of visualizing anatomoclinical structures and abnormalities.

  • Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Saudi Medical Journal: 30 (7)
Saudi Medical Journal
Vol. 30, Issue 7
1 Jul 2009
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Cover (PDF)
  • Index by author
Download PDF
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Saudi Medical Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
The reproduction accuracy for stereolithographic model of the thyroid gland derived from the visible human dataset
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Saudi Medical Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Saudi Medical Journal web site.
Citation Tools
The reproduction accuracy for stereolithographic model of the thyroid gland derived from the visible human dataset
Samet Kapakin, Deniz Demiryurek
Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2009, 30 (7) 887-892;

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
The reproduction accuracy for stereolithographic model of the thyroid gland derived from the visible human dataset
Samet Kapakin, Deniz Demiryurek
Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2009, 30 (7) 887-892;
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • The risk factors for cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in Saudi Arabia
  • Prolonged flight exposure and its effects on sinonasal health among aircrew members
  • Identifying individuals at risk of post-stroke depression
Show more Original Article

Similar Articles

CONTENT

  • home

JOURNAL

  • home

AUTHORS

  • home
Saudi Medical Journal

© 2025 Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal is copyright under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention.  Saudi Medical Journal is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 1658-3175. Print ISSN 0379-5284.

Powered by HighWire