[ProtectOurFreedom]

I stumbled upon this today when searching for information on permanent lung damage caused by 2019-nCoV. I found this fascinating because this is not an application of 3D printing that I had ever thought of and it is a novel application of 3D printing to an urgent world health problem. Many of us have heard of the "ground glass opacity" in lung tissue caused by the virus and wondered what it was. The models held below clearly show the regions affected by that.

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Unenhanced CT images in a 33-year-old woman. | Credit to RSNA

A: The image shows multiple ground-glass opacities in bilateral lungs. Ground-glass opacities are seen in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe and apical posterior segment of the left superior lobe.

B: Image obtained 3 days after follow-up shows progressive ground-glass opacities in the posterior segment of the right upper lobe and apical posterior segment of the left superior lobe.

These regions are shown in the 3D printed lung models below:

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Ping

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Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

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3-D Printer Ping!

Make mine steak!

[Chickensoup]

glass lung occurs in lots of different insults to lung tissue. Being on respirator for one...

[SueRae]

Thank you. I just learned quite a bit.

[faucetman]

The link doesn’t work, the images don’t load, ??????????