Table 2. Comparative characteristics of scanning and 3D modelling of specimens with congenital cardiac anomalies.

Advantages

Reproducible scanning environment; static images; no registration misalignment

Insensitive to radiation doses

Editing possibilities

Disadvantages

Stand-alone specimens; not in anatomical position; not surrounded by anatomical structures

Technical difficulties, longer segmentation process

CAD requirements (post-autopsy conditions)

Further work to be done for the optimal visualization of the internal cardiac anatomy, e.g., AV valves, chordal apparatus, and semilunar valves

CAD, computer aided design; AV, atrioventricular.