Robert:
Neat process, I assume the reason you can't model any more of the head is
due to the fetus's position in the womb?
I can really see a big market for this not just for early fetal diagnostics
but also for mothers who want a 3D model of their child in the womb, similar
to the ultrasound videos they are selling now.
Best Regards,
Glenn Whiteside
>Elaine/List,
>please visit the Anatomics web page
>
>http://www.qmi.asn.au/anatomics/fetal.html
>
>to see a surface rendering of a 3D ultrasound dataset and the resultant SLA
>BioModel produced from a SLC file from the 2D slices. It is not a case of
the
>resolution being too coarse, quite the opposite - Ultrasound data of
superficial
>structures (that is objects close to the transducer such a large fetus in a
>womb) is high resolution, at least comparable with CT resolutions of around
0.4
>mm. The data can seem very "noisy" however as the transducer is picking up
every
>fine detail. The other problem is the reliance of a 3D acquisition on the
>steadiness of the sonographer's hand in sweeping the transducer for the 11
or so
>second scan, and the need for the fetus not to move during this
acquisition.
>These limitations, and the need to convert the data from proprietary
formats
>make the process difficult but achieveable.
>Things can only get better....
>--
>Robert G. Thompson
>Biomodelling Manager
>R&D Co-ordinator
>---------------------------------------------------------
>Anatomics Pty. Ltd.
>ACN 085 542 356 Tel. 61 7 3364 0776
>QMI Fax. 61 7 3364 0786
>P.O. Box 4012 Em. anatomics@qmi.asn.au
>Eight Mile Plains Web http://www.qmi.asn.au/anatomics
>Q 4113 Australia
>
>Anatomics : The BioModelling Specialists
>----------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>Elaine Hunt wrote:
>
>> Anyone got a translator from ultrasound to STL? Is the resolution high
>> enough to use to build a model? Any one tried? Please post to the
entire
>> list and not just to me.
>>
>
>>
>> Elaine
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>> For more information about the rp-ml, see http://ltk.hut.fi/rp-ml/
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