[Insight-users] How to smooth the segmented surface

[Dženan Zukić]

You can resample<http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Examples/ImageProcessing/ResampleImageFilter>the
image, or use linear
interpolator<http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK/Examples/ImageProcessing/LinearInterpolateImageFunction>
.

On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 14:07, Xiaopeng Yang <yxp233 at postech.ac.kr> wrote:

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> Hi Kent,****
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> Do you know any interpolate class in ITK which can generate more slices?
> For volumetry, I guess I can use the original data.****
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> Thanks,****
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> *From:* Kent Ogden [mailto:ogdenk at upstate.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 20, 2012 9:50 PM
> *To:* insight-users at itk.org; Xiaopeng Yang
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> *Subject:* Re: [Insight-users] How to smooth the segmented surface****
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> Xiaopeng, ****
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> This is a fundamental limitation of your data that can only truly be
> solved by reconstructing thinner slices at the time of the scan.  You could
> interpolate between images to generate more slices, which would result in a
> smoother looking rendering.  If you are trying to make quantitative
> measurements (e.g. volume) you must be careful about these kinds of
> manipulations though. ****
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> >>> "Xiaopeng Yang" <yxp233 at postech.ac.kr> 3/19/2012 10:17 PM >>>****
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> Dear Users, ****
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> I have tried to segment the liver from 5 mm CT slices. When I tried to
> visualize the segmented liver in 3D, I found that the surface of the 3D
> liver was discrete, just like stairs. I guess that is because of the 5 mm
> interval between CT slices. Do you guys have any good idea how to make the
> 3D surface of the liver look continuous and smooth? ****
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> Thanks, ****
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> Xiaopeng ****
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