Anouk,

You would need to have vmtk command line functionality implemented in order to 
use the vmtkscripts with the system function 
(http://www.vmtk.org/Main/Installation/).

Ben


On Mar 29, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Anouk Post <anoukp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Luca,
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> I do understand how I can open VMTK from MATLAB, but not how to actually run 
> a VMTK 'script' from MATLAB. When I use the system function it just opens 
> pypepad. Do you know how I can actually let it run a VMTK script?
>  
> Best wishse,
>  
> Anouk
> 
> On 29 March 2013 12:56, Luca Antiga <luca.ant...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Anouk,
>  you'll probably have to use the system() function in Matlab to call vmtk the 
> way you call it from the command line.
> It should work.
> 
> Luca
> 
> PS: a couple of random references on the system function
> 
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6708760/non-blocking-call-to-external-program-without-losing-return-code
> http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/324084
> http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=768159
> 
> On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Anouk Post wrote:
> 
>> Dear VMTK Users,
>> I am using VMTK to calculate centerlines of stl files. This is part of a 3D 
>> reconstruction process for which I use MATLAB. I really want to incorporate 
>> the VMTK part of the process into my MATLAB code.
>> Does anyone know how I can call VMTK from MATLAB and execute a VMTK script? 
>> Thanks!
>> Best wishes,
>> Anouk
>> 
>> P.S. My VMTK code is:
>> vmtksurfacereader -ifile /Users/.../Phantom_Best_Catheter_now.stl -f "stl"  
>> --pipe vmtkcenterlines -endpoints 1 -seedselector openprofiles --pipe  
>> vmtkcenterlinegeometry -ofile /Users/.../Phantom_Best_Catheter_now_output.dat
>> 
>> 
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