The protocol describes the fabrication of fully colored three-dimensional prints of patient-specific, anatomical skull models to be used for surgical simulation. The crucial steps of combining different imaging modalities, image segmentation, three-dimensional model extraction, and production of the prints are explained.
Kosterhon, M., Neufurth, M., Neulen, A., Schäfer, L., Conrad, J., Kantelhardt, S. R., Müller, W. E. G., Ringel, F. Multicolor 3D Printing of Complex Intracranial Tumors in Neurosurgery. J. Vis. Exp. (155), e60471, doi:10.3791/60471 (2020).