Figure 1.

Future outlook for personalized medical treatments. (a) Schematic illustration of the application of genetic testing, medical imaging, and diagnostics for creating personalized treatments for a range of patient cases. (b) Analysis of cumulative publications on “personalized medicine” (blue) and “3D printed medical devices” (red) compared against a benchmark (* year 0) of 10 paper per year in each field. Inset shows exponential growth in both fields in years 0 through 7 from benchmark. Analysis performed on data collected from Web of Science. (c) Example of 3D printed implant models created from CT scans, showing progression from imaging to a patient specific model, followed by printing and an image of a finalized implant. (Images c(i), (ii), (iv) adapted from Mercader et al. 2021 [5] http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (accessed on 1 December 2021)).