日本公司推出3D胎兒模型大綱

Expectant parents in Japan who can't wait to show the world what their baby will look like can now buy a 3D model of the fetus to pass around their friends.

The 3.6-inch resin model of the white foetus, encased in a transparent block in the shape of the mother's body, is fashioned by a 3D printer after an MRI scan.

"As it is only once in a lifetime that you are pregnant with that child, we received requests for these kind of models from pregnant women who... do not want to forget the feelings and experience of that time," said Tomohiro Kinoshita of FASOTEC, the company offering the service.

The "Shape of an Angel", which costs 100,000 yen ($1,200), comes with a miniature version that could be a nice adornment to a mobile phone, he added. Many young women in Japan have decorations attached to their cellphone strap.

The company said the ideal time for a scan is around eight or nine months into the pregnancy.

For those who would like a less pricey version, the company will start offering a 3D model of the face of the foetus at 50,000 yen in December.

It will use ultrasound images taken at a medical clinic in Tokyo that has forged a tie-up with the company.迫不及待地向大家展示自己寶寶模樣的日本準爸準媽們如今可以購買3D胎兒模型，來讓親友一睹爲快了。

這種白色的樹脂模型長3.6英寸，裝在透明的外形爲母體的盒子裏。孕婦接受核磁共振檢查後，該公司可以通過3D打印技術製作胎兒模型。

推出此項服務的FASOTEC公司的Tomohiro Kinoshit說：“你懷上這個孩子在一生中只有這一次， 我們從懷孕的女性那裏瞭解到了這一需求，她們不想忘記懷孕期間的感覺和經歷。”

他補充說，“天使模型”費用爲10萬日元(約合1200美元)。模型的迷你版還能當做手機鏈。日本很多年輕女性手機鏈上都繫上了裝飾物。

該公司表示，進行掃描的理想時間是懷孕八個月或九個月時。

對那些想要低價的人們來說，該公司將在12月開始提供胎兒面部的3D模型，售價爲5萬日元。

該公司使用東京一家合作診所的超聲影像來製作這種模型。