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IIII Encapsulated STL (Informative)
The goal of encapsulating a Stereolithography (STL) 3D manufacturing model file inside a DICOM instance rather than transforming the data into a different representation is to facilitate preservation of the STL file in the exact form that it is used with extant manufac- turing devices, while at the same time unambiguously associating it with the patient for whose care the model was created and the images from which the model was derived.
IIII.1 Example of CT Derived Encapsulated STL
In this example, the patient requires a replacement implant for a large piece of skull on the left side of his head. A 3D manufacturing model (encoded in binary STL) was created by mirroring the corresponding section of the patient's right skull hemisphere, and then modified by trimming to fit the specific implantation area.
The model was derived from a series of CT images (CT-01). The STL data in this example is the first version, having no predecessor. The STL data was created on November 22, 2017 at 7:10:14 AM and then stored in a DICOM instance at 7:15:23 AM. The CT images were acquired weeks earlier.
The STL data was created in the coordinate system of CT-01; so they share the same Frame of Reference UID value.
A preview image (optional) showing the rendered 3D object was created and included with the encapsulated STL as an icon image.
No burned in annotation identifying the patient was included. The region of the skull reconstructed in the model contains no distin- guishing facial features of the patient.
Table IIII.1-1. CT Derived Encapsulated STL Example
Attribute Name |
Tag |
Example Value |
Comments |
<Patient and General Study Modules not shown for brevity> |
|
|
Modality |
(0008,0060) |
M3D |
|
Series Instance UID |
(0020,000E) |
2.999.89235.5951.35894.0047 |
Series Number |
(0020,0011) |
3 |
|
Series Description |
(0008,103E) |
Skull plate |
|
Instance Number |
(0020,0013) |
1 |
|
Frame of Reference UID |
(0020,0052) |
1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.99 |
|
Manufacturer |
(0008,0070) |
Acme Additive Inc |
|
Manufacturer's Model Name |
(0008,1090) |
Implant Maker |
|
Device Serial Number |
(0018,1000) |
00004367 |
|
Software Versions |
(0018,1020) |
3.0.1 |
|
Content Date |
(0008,0023) |
20171122 |
|
Content Time |
(0008,0033) |
071014 |
|
Acquisition DateTime |
(0008,002A) |
20171122071014 |
|
Image Laterality |
(0020,0062) |
L |
|
Burned In Annotation |
(0028,0301) |
NO |
|
Recognizable Visual Features |
(0028,0302) |
NO |
|
Source Instance Sequence |
(0042,0013) |
|
A sequence referencing the |
|
|
|
CT-01 source images |
%item |
|
|
|
>Referenced SOP Class UID |
(0008,1150) |
1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.2.1 |
Referenced object is an |
|
|
|
Enhanced CT Image Storage |
|
|
|
Instance |