Dr. Mike Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Does anybody have experience with the Mimics software suite from Materialise? How user friendly is it? How much does it cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg001 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Hi, I have used Mimics. You don't need to train or anything, very easy to get up and running on it. It's very good at extracting 3D info from stacks, a DICOM viewer with the ability to interpolate your 2d info to 3D. If you've used ITK-snap it's similar but better (less buggy and more powerful). I don't know how much it costs but have heard mimics is expensive. They work deals with educational licensing and also have offered short term licenses to some people I've worked with. ITK Snap is free though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mike Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 I haven't used ITK Snap. I'll look into it. I have used Osirix a bunch, but it needs to be combined with a mesh editing software package like Blender or MeshMixer. I am considering creating a video tutorial on how to do this. Is anybody interested in that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplishka Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 As of RSNA, I believe Mimics was somewhere around 7Grand but I could be wrong. I've played with ITK-Snap and do find it hit and miss. I really need to spend more time with it. There's also 3d Doctor which is almost $5000 http://www.ablesw.com/3d-doctor/price.html There is also Bespoke modeling: $30 a month I believe. http://www.3dsystems.com/solutions/services/bespoke-modeling It's run by 3dSystems. I intend to give that a spin. All the best!Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mike Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 I went to the RSNA meeting this year and took the training course in Mimics that Frank Rybicki was giving. It is great software, but very expensive from what I hear from people who have purchased a license. I am working on developing methods of designing 3D printed anatomic models using freeware, and will be publishing a tutorial shortly. Stay tuned. Dr. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplishka Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 I missed Dr. Frank's tutorials at RSNA, but Materialise gave me a license to experiment with it on my own. There are better and better free resources coming out every day, it seems. Looking forward to the tutorials!! Thanks for doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mike Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 Can't complain about 1 month free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitouss Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I haven't used ITK Snap. I'll look into it. I have used Osirix a bunch, but it needs to be combined with a mesh editing software package like Blender or MeshMixer. I am considering creating a video tutorial on how to do this. Is anybody interested in that? Hi, is there something like Mimics but freeware ? For blood vessel segmentation ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplishka Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Hi, is there something like Mimics but freeware ? For blood vessel segmentation ? Any of the segmentation programs will do this: ITK Snap, Invesalius, 3D-Slicer, etc. The issue isn't so much which software will do the segmentation as much as it's the quality of the original dataset and the parameters used to obtain the original Dicoms. Teasing out the vessels can sometimes be a pain depending upon the quality of the scans. Dr. Mike has made great blood vessel models and he uses free stuff Have fun!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplishka Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Oh, forgot. Kind of old (relatively speaking ;-) ) but interesting resource page : http://www0.cs.ucl.ac.uk/opensource_mia_ws_2012/links.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Mike Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Fitouss, There are a several tutorials on this website on using freeware instead of Mimics. In fact, this is a major reason why Embodi3D exists -- to enable people do to medical 3D printing without having to spend a fortune doing it. Look on the top of any page on embodi3d.com. Click tutorials. Enjoy the free and open-source goodness! I recommend 3D Slicer or Osirix. Dr. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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