A direct slicing technique for the 3D printing of implicitly represented medical models

Qingqi Hong, Lingli Lin, Qingde Li, Ziyou Jiang, Jun Fang, Beizhan Wang, KunHong Liu, Qingqiang Wu, Chenxi Huang

Abstract: Highlights•A direct slicing technique is proposed for the 3D printing of implicitly represented medical models.•Proposed method has a great improvement in both time and space performance compared with the conventional slicing method.•Proposed technique uses discrete volume data as a direct model input for additive manufacturing without conversion to STL.