Date of Award
5-2022
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Program
Mechanical Engineering
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Major Professor
Smith, Damon
Second Advisor
Schilling, Paul
Third Advisor
Herrington, Paul
Fourth Advisor
Wiley, John
Abstract
Anatomical phantoms used in biomedical education and training benefit greatly from Fused filament fabrication’s (FFF) ability to rapidly produce complex and unique models. Current materials and methods used in FFF have limited ability to accurately produce phantoms that can mimic the radiological properties of multiple biological tissues. This research demonstrates that the CT contrast of FFF produced models can be modified by varying the concentration of bismuth oxide in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) filaments and a tunable CT contrast that mimics the CT contrast ranging from fatty tissue to cortical bone using a single composite filament without introducing artificial image artifacts is achieved by modifying the deposited filament structure using a rectilinear infill pattern with alternating solid layers. In addition, a method is demonstrated to produce a lumbar spine phantom with the infill modified to accurately mimic the CT contrast for the trabecular and cortical bone volumes of the model.
Recommended Citation
Darling, Cory J., "Additive Manufacturing of Variable Contrast Computed Tomography Anatomical Phantoms Using a Single Feedstock in Fused Filament Fabrication" (2022). University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. 2996.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2996
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