The results from this study further advance the opportunities for developing low-cost phantoms for radiological applications. Ongoing research focuses on evaluating the impact of infill patterns on more complex-shaped objects and anthropomorphic phantoms.
While this study examined three commonly used infill patterns in 3D printing slicing software, numerous other patterns exist. Future studies will explore additional infill patterns and investigate their effects on HU values.
This study is financed by the European Union-NextGenerationEU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, project â BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02. The work is performed by the ELPIDA 3.1.5 research group, which is part of the MUVE-TEAM project No. BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02.