This protocol describes the fabrication of a patient specific skull, brain and tumor phantom. It uses 3D printing to create molds, and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA-c) is used as the tissue mimicking material.
Mackle, E. C., Shapey, J., Maneas, E., Saeed, S. R., Bradford, R., Ourselin, S., Vercauteren, T., Desjardins, A. E. Patient-Specific Polyvinyl Alcohol Phantom Fabrication with Ultrasound and X-Ray Contrast for Brain Tumor Surgery Planning. J. Vis. Exp. (161), e61344, doi:10.3791/61344 (2020).