Dept. of Radiology Science, Far East University, Chungbuk, Korea
Online published on 24 April, 2019.
This study compared the characteristics and the anatomical learning effects of a hamate bone model printed from DICOM images on a 3D printer.
After printing a hamate bone model from DICOM images obtained from a wrist joint examination using a 3D printer, this study examined the anatomical understanding of 102 university students in public health departments.
The intuitive awareness and the morphological awareness of the students on the protrusion, front and back of the hamate bone, and 5-way joint contact surfaces which were difficult to identify in conventional 2D and 3D medical images were improved by 60.7% and 58%, respectively.
The experiment showed that instrumenting of shape through 3D printing as a knowledge transfer method for students learning anatomy can improve the learning effect.
DICOM, 3D Printer, hamate bone, learning effect, anatomy
