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CT-based 3D-printed coronary artery phantom for imaging projection education Cover

CT-based 3D-printed coronary artery phantom for imaging projection education

Open Access
|May 2026

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Figure 1.

3D-printed model with honeycomb shaped infill (A) hollow model with honeycomb shaped infill of the walls (B), and hollow model with 100% infill of the walls (C).

FIGURE 2.

Radiographs of 3 different heat phantoms: full model with honeycomb shaped infill (A), hollow model with honeycomb shaped infill of the walls (B), and hollow model with 100% infill of the walls (C).

FIGURE 3.

Radiograph of the heart model with vessels drawn by a mixture of UV gel and metallic powder.

Figure 4.

3D-printed heart model with the left (A), and the right (B) coronary artery.

Figure 5.

3D-printed models in their custom bases.

Comparison of the obtained right coronary artery images of the heart model with images from the literature

Projections used in fluoroscopic imaging of the heart phantom with coronary arteries and projections from the literature used for comparison with our images19

Projections used in phantom imagingProjections from the literature
Left coronary ArteryLAO 45° – CAU 40°LAO 30° – CAU 30°
LAO 35° – CRA 30°LAO 45° – CRA 20°
AP 0° – CRA 35°LAO 0° – CRA 30°
RAO 40° – CRA 35°RAO 30° – CRA 30°
RAO 40° – CAU 30°
AP 0° – CAU 40°RAO 0° – CAU 30°
Right coronary ArteryLAO 40°LAO 45° – CAU 15°
AP 0° – CRA 30°
RAO 30°LAO 45° – CAU 15°
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2026-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 24, 2025
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2026
Published on: May 14, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Laura Jursa, Masa Kramer, Anja Boc, Nejc Mekis, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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