Experts from the US FDA, RSNA, and DICOM are also expected to participate in this standardization work, so it is expected to have a big ripple effect on the medical and related industries.

The research team have been developing standards for surgical 3D printing modeling and artificial intelligence-based automation since 2019, and are set to enact two standards at the end of this year. The three new proposals this time contain an additional precision/accuracy core evaluation system and method.


ETRI established a working group (AHG-3) for the development of 3D scanning standards and held its first meeting on the June 16th. The working group will discover international standard issues linking 3D scanning and 3D printing in the future, develop technical reports and establish an international standardization roadmap.

Hyung-jun Kim, head of ETRI’s Intelligent Convergence Research Institute, said, "It is very meaningful to develop more than 5 medical 3D printings essential for patient-tailored medical care led by Korea, establish a 3D scanning group, and lead the core international standards that can lead to digital twins and metaverse“

Based on this achievement, ETRI is planning to expand international standards to cover various industrial fields by collecting additional opinions from industry-academic institutions related to medical 3D printing and 3D scanning.

ETRI has been promoting the establishment of a committee to lead the international standardization of 3D printing and scanning since 2015, and established Working Group (WG) 12 in August 2018 and is leading the international standardization of the medical field by collaborating with domestic and foreign experts.

This research was conducted as a part of 『Development of International Standard for Evaluation Technology on Automatic Modeling of 3D Printed Implants』 project that is supported by a number of Korea ministry.

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