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. 2020 Aug 31;9(9):2818. doi: 10.3390/jcm9092818
3D Three-dimensional
AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
AM Additive manufacturing
ANOVA Analysis of variance
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
CAD Computer-aided design
CAM Computer-aided manufacturing
CD Change in the dimensions
CT Computed Tomography
DICOM Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
DOE Design of experiments
EOS Electro-Optical Systems
FFF Fused filament fabrication
ICP Iterative closest point
INFILL % Infill rate
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IQR Interquartile range
LT Layer thickness
MIMICS Materialise Interactive Medical Image Control System
MSD Mean square deviation
NSHELLS Number of shells
PATTERN Infill pattern
PEEK Polyetheretherketone
POC Point-of-care
PSIs Patient-specific implants
RMS Root mean square
SD Standard deviation
SLS Selective laser sintering
S/N Signal-to-noise
STL Standard Tessellation Language