Articles
Practical, evergreen writing on how anatomical 3D models are made and used, segmentation, surgical planning, silicone phantoms, medical-device R&D, and the technology behind patient-specific anatomy.
Anatomical 3D Models: From Medical Imaging to Real-World Decision Making
What anatomical 3D models are, how they're built from CT/MRI data, and how generic versus patient-specific models drive surgical planning, device R&D, and patient communication.
Read → Surgical planningPreoperative Surgical Planning in 3D
From CT/MRI segmentation to digital simulation, patient-specific instruments (PSI), and 3D-printed models, how complex surgery is planned before the first incision.
Read → Extended realityUnderstanding XR in Medicine: VR, AR, and MR Explained
The real difference between VR, AR, and MR, how registration aligns the virtual with the real, and where extended reality is taking surgical planning and training.
Read → ImagingHow Scan Quality Determines Your 3D Medical Model
Model quality starts at the imaging stage. Four practical CT/MRI rules: slice thickness, matched protocol, artifact reduction, and scan completeness.
Read → Materials & processTransparent Anatomical Models: What They're For and What to Expect
Where clear models help, how the transparency is made, what each finishing stage looks like, and the limits worth knowing.
Read → Materials & processNot All Transparent 3D Models Are Equal
Why a solid model can be clearer than a hollow one, transparent versus translucent, and why clarity is a result of structure and post-processing.
Read → SegmentationBasic Segmentation in 3D Slicer: A Practical Guide
Step by step from DICOM to STL: thresholding by HU, Islands, Scissors, smoothing, and full automatic segmentation with TotalSegmentator.
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