Bosley recently finalized the lung phantom’s first prototype, which he will take to partners at UCLA; next, he hopes to start printing lungs from actual patients’ CT scans and let oncologists test the simulator. The patent-pending technology, owned by UCF and UCLA and is licensed to SegAna, will cost in the $8,000 range, Bosley said. It can be used as a teaching tool, or for planning patients’ radiation treatment.
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