Ive been looking at this whilst learnign houdini, i was able to open the dicom in photoshop and save the individual images out. you can then just stack them in 3d and convert to voxels. ( the dicom header should have all the info about dimensions) _sam
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Ben Rogall < [email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, haven't touched that plugin in years. There are a bunch of > applications which can do what you want though. We just had a discussion > about some of them over at the Modo forum: > http://forums.luxology.com/topic.aspx?f=4&t=75517 > Any more details about what you want to accomplish? > > Ben > > > > On 4/19/2013 6:16 AM, Dan Yargici wrote: > > Ben's old Volume Loader shader could do that. I'm %99.9999 sure it won't > work with newer versions though... > > http://shaders.moederogall.com/ > > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Angus Davidson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I Know when I was looking into is for Bio Med we used a program called >> Osirix >> >> http://www.osirix-viewer.com/ >> >> >> Not sure if they got around to the 3d exporter bits though. >> >> >> >> On 2013/04/19 12:53 PM, "Darren Blencowe | VA" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Hi Folks, >> > >> >Just putting this out there in case anyone has done this thing before - >> >Does >> >anyone know how/tried to turn any ultra sound scan file types or MRI data >> >into something remotely 3D - and in a format that is 3D package friendly? >> > >> >I am still digging but it appears the majority of scan formats are 2D >> >sections/plans not *really* 3D? >> > >> >I've found this link http://www.mccauslandcenter.sc.edu/mricro/dicom/ >> >This >> >is quite a common scan data format but again on skimming appears to be >> >only >> >2D/sectional. >> > >> >Useful nuggets would be: >> > >> >scan file formats that are definitely 3D >> >any small apps/programs that can change these into .stl .vrml .obj or >> even >> >.dxf >> > >> >any help gratefully received! >> > >> >Thanks, >> > >> >D. >> > >> > >> > >> >> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" >> style="width:100%;"> >> <tr> >> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font >> face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span >> style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee >> only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, >> please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not >> copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the >> University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into >> agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that >> the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University >> and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are >> not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the >> Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and >> outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in >> writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> >> </tr> >> </table >> >> >> > >

