Hi Mark, you might check Matti Hamalainen's MNE website. He uses the watershed code to generate boundary models, including skull. Or just try out mri_watershed with -surf I think (it's covered in the help, at least a bit)
cheers Bruce On Fri, 1 Oct 2010, Mark J. Pearrow wrote: > Hi all, > > I know this is slightly outside the normal bounds, but I am wondering if > there is a way to create a surface from the skull? One of our folks is > looking to create some custom-fitted recording chambers for nonhuman primates > based on the individual skull. I seem to recall that FS has a way of > generating STL files, which would be perfect for submitting to a rapid > prototyping machine. Here's what the user says: > > " In brief, I would like to shape the bottom-side of my recording chambers > (elliptical/circular cylinder) so that they form-fit to the curvature of the > primate skull. Ideally, this will involve segmenting and extracting a 3D > portion of the skull and converting it into an STL file to use for machining > the implant." > > Best, > > mjp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > _______________________________________________ Freesurfer mailing list Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.
