# Create a 3D fetus from an ultrasound 4D

**URL:** https://discourse.slicer.org/t/create-a-3d-fetus-from-an-ultrasound-4d/3339
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/create-a-3d-fetus-from-an-ultrasound-4d/3339 "2018-06-29T20:47:43Z")
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### Author: ![danilo\_santos\_cunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@danilo\_santos\_cunha](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/danilo_santos_cunha)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/create-a-3d-fetus-from-an-ultrasound-4d/3339/1 "2018-06-29T20:47:43Z")

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Hello everyone!

I’m new here, and I’ve seem some conversations about this subject, but anyone knows how to convert an ultrasound 4Dn exam ( philips ) to a printable data?

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### Author: ![adamrankin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/adamrankin/32/155_2.png) [@adamrankin](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/adamrankin)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/create-a-3d-fetus-from-an-ultrasound-4d/3339/2 "2018-06-29T21:16:52Z")

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Hehehe, are congratulations in order?

My wife wouldn’t let me scan ☹

See SlicerHeart extension for converting Philips 4D “dicom” files. Once complete, use the Sequences to load it as a 3d + t volume.

I’m unsure about volume reconstruction using Slicer. I’ve done it before using the Plus library.

Edit: If one of the 3D frames is particularly good, you could segment out the fetus from that frame, clean it up a bit in MeshLab, then 3D print it.

If you want to get really hardcore, you could print the fetus in PLA, and use it as a lost-plastic mold for casting it in bronze/brass.

I mean… not that I’ve thought about it.