The Accuracy of an Optical White Light Desktop 3D Scanner and Cone Beam CT Scanner Compared to a Multi-Slice CT Scanner to Digitize Anatomical 3D Models: A Pilot Study
, Lisa De Kock 1, Matthias Ureel 1, Geert Villeirs 2, Wim Van Paepegem 3 and Renaat Coopman 1,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Comments and Suggestions for AuthorsThis article provides excellent background information for surgeons regarding the workflow and equipment used for virtual surgical planning and patient specific implants. The authors also do an excellent job simplifying very technical details about how surface contour information is digitized.
Imaging and digitization of 3D printed patient-specific models produced in house could serve as a quality control measure (this could be applied to 3D models produced by commercial vendors as well). If an inexpensive and widely available tool such as an optical white light desktop 3D scanner can cheaply and accurately digitize a model, surgeons could easily double check the accuracy of models prior to surgery. The study shows that verifying models in this manner is feasible with current technology.
Reviewer 2 Report
Comments and Suggestions for Authorswell written Article
