In medical engineering, the models are useful tools for validation and testing during the product development process. These models can be used as demonstrational or educational objects especially for training surgeons or for preparing specific interventions.

The continuous improvement of RP-systems in quality and speed of manufacturing allows the creation of reliable products such as models of anatomical structures in adequate time. Keywords: rapid prototyping, reverse engineering, segmentation, anatomical phantom 1 Introduction The worldwide use of rapid prototyping technologies steadily increases. Depending on the qualitative demands, the generation of anatomical phantoms can be achieved by different RP methods. These are the basics for segmentation of single structures and manufacturing e.g. By reconstruction, it is possible to generate 3D-volume data sets. These data usually consist 2D-images taken from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT). For the production of anatomic phantoms, medical images can be used. These models are helpful for medical training, but also for treatment planning of scheduled surgical interventions and for testing of newly developed techniques, respectively.

44, 39120 Magdeburg, GERMANY, , Abstract Over the last years the use of anatomic phantoms has steadily increased in medicine and medical engineering.

GROTE* 5 *1, 5 Department of Machine Design, University of Magdeburg Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, GERMANY, *2, 3, 4 Department of Neuroradiology, University of Magdeburg Leipziger Str. Copyright © 2014, The Organizing Committee of the ICDES 2014 Additive Manufacturing of Anatomical Phantoms Based on Medical Imaging Data Sets Fabian KLINK* 1, Thomas HOFFMANN* 2, Axel BOESE* 3, Martin SKALEJ* 4 and Karl-H.

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