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3-D printing provides low-cost alternative in bronchoscopy simulation training: Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

3-D printing provides low-cost alternative in bronchoscopy simulation training: Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, found that 3D-printed tracheobronchial tree models compared favorably against other more standard models in training pulmonary physicians to perform bronchoscopy. The researchers compared the two models based on realism, accuracy, look and feel, and overall usefulness as a teaching tool. Currently, most simulation centers use models that are more expensive than 3D-printed models and fail to capture the subtle anatomical details of the airways.

Source: medicalxpress.com

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