[vtkusers] VTK vs. OpenGL

[Martin Gardner]

Hi,

For segmentation and regsitration try ITK (www.itk.org or from the vtk 
homepage) it is a sister project to VTK which concentrates on those 
areas especially with respect to the visible human project.

Best Regards

Martin

Yan Pingkun wrote:

> Hi, Martin,
> 
> Thank you for your quick reply!
> 
> Actually, I tried OpenDX before under Linux. It's a good application for
> visualization, but I don't like its interface. Thank you for your
> suggestion. I will try out VTK soon.
> 
> Another thing is that how I can visualize segmented volume data with
> VTK. For volume data, I can directly using volume rendering methods such
> as ray casting etc. The problem is how to incorporate the segmentation
> information?
> 
> Best regards,
> Pingkun
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Gardner [mailto:vtkusers at magardner.co.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 4:55 PM
> To: Yan Pingkun
> Cc: vtkusers at vtk.org
> Subject: Re: [vtkusers] VTK vs. OpenGL
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think you would definitely want either ITK or VTK rather than using 
> OpenGL 'manually'. It is much easier to build an app using ITK or VTK 
> but if you just want to visualise data you could also try OpenDX from
> IBM.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Martin
> 
> Yan Pingkun wrote:
> 
>>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>I'm new to visualization. My project is visualization of volumetric 
>>medical data. Now I wonder, VTK and OpenGL, which one is more suitable
> 
> 
>>for me to use. Compared with OpenGL, VTK is in a higher level. But it 
>>may not be as powerful as OpenGL.
>>
>>For me, I want to visualize volume data after segmentation. Can VTK do
> 
> 
>>it? Also, before I use it, do I need to triangulish my segmention
> 
> result?
> 
>>The email may be a bit messy, because I just began my work and I am
> 
> not 
> 
>>very clear with it. Hope you can help me! Thanks a million!
>>
>>Regards,
>>Pingkun
>>
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