Re: [Freesurfer] Making a surface from the skull?

2010-10-04 Thread Mark J. Pearrow
Thanks for these suggestions - looks promising so far!

mjp

On Oct 1, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Nick Schmansky wrote:

 also, once you get a surface file, then mris_convert will convert
 to .stl format, which we've used in 3d printer applications.
 
 if you can get a skull from mri_watershed, then mri_tessellate will make
 a surface. mris_smooth and mris_keep_main_component are two other useful
 utility to clean things up.
 
 n.
 
 On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 16:24 -0400, Bruce Fischl wrote:
 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
 
 
 
 
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[Freesurfer] Making a surface from the skull?

2010-10-01 Thread Mark J. Pearrow
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




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Re: [Freesurfer] Making a surface from the skull?

2010-10-01 Thread Bruce Fischl
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




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Re: [Freesurfer] Making a surface from the skull?

2010-10-01 Thread Nick Schmansky
also, once you get a surface file, then mris_convert will convert
to .stl format, which we've used in 3d printer applications.

if you can get a skull from mri_watershed, then mri_tessellate will make
a surface. mris_smooth and mris_keep_main_component are two other useful
utility to clean things up.

n.

On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 16:24 -0400, Bruce Fischl wrote:
 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
 
 
 
 
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