dogbertius
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3D Modelling Software for Biomed
Hi there everyone,
I'm doing some research where I'll have MRI or CT scan data from various body parts, including a heart, eyeball, and liver. I'd like to create a 3D model of these organs. That's not really a difficult task for me. What I would like to do though, is to take 2D cross-sectional images from my scan data, create 3D poly meshes from it (with thickness/volume, not flat 2D meshes in 3d space), and then place the 3D mesh inside my model. I'm aware that I will have to "curve" the mesh to fit inside the model.
Another useful feature would be being able to export the model to a 3D voxel-based format (from the 3D poly format of the program) so I can do additional filtering, histogram analysis, etc, in MATLAB.
So far, I've checked out the following:
SolidWorks
AnSys
3DsMAX
SolidWorks may not have a suitable API for this, AnSys may not have a simple enough interface for creating the normalized 3d vector model, and 3dSMAX seems to be only for design, not for data registration.
Thank you all in advance,
I'm doing some research where I'll have MRI or CT scan data from various body parts, including a heart, eyeball, and liver. I'd like to create a 3D model of these organs. That's not really a difficult task for me. What I would like to do though, is to take 2D cross-sectional images from my scan data, create 3D poly meshes from it (with thickness/volume, not flat 2D meshes in 3d space), and then place the 3D mesh inside my model. I'm aware that I will have to "curve" the mesh to fit inside the model.
Another useful feature would be being able to export the model to a 3D voxel-based format (from the 3D poly format of the program) so I can do additional filtering, histogram analysis, etc, in MATLAB.
So far, I've checked out the following:
SolidWorks
AnSys
3DsMAX
SolidWorks may not have a suitable API for this, AnSys may not have a simple enough interface for creating the normalized 3d vector model, and 3dSMAX seems to be only for design, not for data registration.
Thank you all in advance,
ASKER
I've used those back in school, but it won't do. I actually need to create a "standardized" 3d polygon-based model of the organ under inspection, then use the acquired data to create volumetric meshes. I'm only able to get scan data from a single point of view (eg: for an MRI, that would mean I only have coronal scan data, but not axial or saggital)
Thanks though.
Thanks though.
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http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/visualize/f5-3291.html
Check also volvec (Volume Visualization) demo in Matlab.