[vtkusers] Hardware stereo 3D viewing of confocal images

[Dr. Dan White]

Hi All,

I'm new to this list, so hope I'm directing these questions to the 
right people.

I have a linux workstation primarily set up for viewing 3D models of 
proteins using Stereographics crystal eyes hardware.

We have many people doing confocal microscopy with multiple stains 
using LSM 510 imaging software.
We want a good way to reconstruct 3D images from layers of confocal 
image "slices", and be able to look at the 3D representations in 
hardware stereo on this linux workstation.

Am I right in thinking VTK has the right tools for this job? If so, 
can anyone give me any tips on how to get started?

I have the current VTK sources and docs and examples. What is the 
right way to use the cake complier tool to get VTK up and running? I 
see stuff about Tcl and Tk , and also python wrapping, which I know 
very little about. Does this give the GUI? Is there a GUI? Or is it a 
command line interface?

Does VTK allow you to spin and zoom a 3D image around on the screen 
in any direction with the mouse, and use crystal eyes stereo 
viewing??????

Hope someone can help!!!!

Dan White


dan at chalkie.org.uk
http://www.chalkie.org.uk

Daniel James White PhD.
Cell Biology
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
University of Jyväskylä
FIN-40351
Jyväskylä
Finland

+358 (0)14 260 4183 (office)