[Insight-users] from image to spatial object : how to install VTK

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Michal,

From:
http://www.vtk.org/get-software.php#latest

One easy way is to run the installer:
http://www.vtk.org/files/release/5.0/vtk-5.0.3-win32.exe


   Regards,


       Luis


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Michal Plotkowiak wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> could someone give me detailed instruction how to install vtk?
> 
> many thanks
> michal
> 
> 
> In message <b9e170000707310838u21214002wc042de10061a32e6 at mail.gmail.com> "Dan 
> Homerick" <danhomerick at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>>Hi Michal,
>>
>>On 7/31/07, Michal Plotkowiak <michal.plotkowiak at bnc.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>thanks Luis for your help. I'm still having some difficulties.
>>>
>>>trying to compile programs from InsightApplications/Auxiliary/vtk I got
>>>the
>>>following error: fatal error LNK1104:cannot open file vtkRendering.lib
>>
>>
>>You probably need to download and build a copy of VTK, if you haven't
>>already. If you have already, make sure that cmake is looking in the correct
>>lib directory.
>>
>>
>>
>>>I tried another approach. I took SurfaceExtraction code and added the
>>>following
>>>lines:
>>>
>>>typedef itk::MeshSpatialObject<MeshType>     MeshSpatialObjectType;
>>>  MeshSpatialObjectType::Pointer myMeshSpatialObject =
>>>                                        MeshSpatialObjectType::New();
>>>  myMeshSpatialObject->SetMesh(meshSource->GetOutput());
>>>  myMeshSpatialObject->GetMesh();
>>>
>>>  typedef itk::SpatialObjectWriter<3> WriterType;
>>>  WriterType::Pointer writer = WriterType::New();
>>>  writer->SetInput(myMeshSpatialObject);
>>>  writer->SetFileName("mesh.mha");
>>>  writer->Update();
>>>
>>>but the program crashes and I dont get any output.
>>>
>>>could you give me some suggestions?
>>
>>
>>I'd suggest giving the *exact* error message.
>>
>>
>>
>>>meny thanks
>>>michal
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>> - Dan
>>
>>
>>In message <46AE5DBF.3000201 at kitware.com> Luis Ibanez <
>>
>>>luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>>>writes:
>>>
>>>>Hi Michal,
>>>>
>>>> From the list of file formats listed in:
>>>>http://tetgen.berlios.de/fformats.html
>>>>
>>>>One possibility seems to be for you to use the STL file format.
>>>>
>>>>ITK doesn't directly write to it, but
>>>>you can take your segmented image, save it as a
>>>>.vtk or .mhd images, using the itkImageFileWriter.
>>>>
>>>>Then read the image into VTK and use the vtkContourFilter
>>>>http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkContourFilter.html
>>>>and save the resulting surface as an STL file
>>>>using the STL Writer
>>>>http://www.vtk.org/doc/nightly/html/classvtkSTLWriter.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You can also do it in a single program mixing ITK and
>>>>VTK and converting the ITK image into a vtkImageData.
>>>>You will find examples of this conversion in the directory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    InsightApplications/Auxiliary/vtk
>>>>             itkReadITKImage3DSegmentShowVTK.cxx
>>>>             itkReadITKImageSegmentShowVTK.cxx
>>>>             itkReadITKImageShowSplineVTK.cxx
>>>>             itkReadITKImageShowVTK.cxx
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      Luis
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>------------------------
>>>>Michal Plotkowiak wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi
>>>>>
>>>>>could someone tell me how can I convert a segmented image stored in
>>>
>>>.mha
>>>file
>>>
>>>>>to a spatial object readable by TetGen (FE mesh generator)?
>>>>>
>>>>>many thanks
>>>>>michal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>--
>>>Michal Plotkowiak
>>>Doctoral Researcher
>>>Oxford University LSI DTC
>>>
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>>>
> 
>