I want to load a volume rendered image data from in matlab

[airtech2 (Tae-Hoon Kim)]

Operating system: window 10
Slicer version: 4.7.0
Expected behavior:
Actual behavior:

Hello,

I rendered 3D aorta model in 3D slicer . I want to load this 3D model in matlab.

Is there any way to load this data?

I want to analyze fluid dynamic simulation study using FEATool extension in matlab.

Thanks for reading.

[lassoan (Andras Lasso)]

Volume rendering is a visualization technique. Output of volume rendering is a 2D color image. No data is generated that could be used for FEA. See detailed explanation in this topic:

Save volume rendering as STL file

Hello, I am a new user on 3D slicer. I was using the display preset feature under volume rendering, and I was wondering if there is a way to save what I was viewing as an .stl or 3D printable file. For example, I was viewing a sample MRI using the CT-cardiac3 preset display. When I tried to save that specific 3D preset displayed sample in a .stl file, the option was unavailable. I was only able to see .vp (volume property), .txt formats. Is there a way to accomplish what I desire in 3D slic…

For FEA, you need volumetric mesh or at least a surface mesh - represented as Model node in Slicer. You can create model from a volume by segment the volume using Segment Editor then export the Segmentation node to Model node.

[deepmech (deepmech.maurya)]

download cleaver extensions that advertise the capability of generating a volume mesh, but I don’t know whether they are functional and/or maintained.

https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/CleaverExtension

there is a option for export in matlab

[lassoan (Andras Lasso)]

@Michael_Hardisty Could you comment on this? Were you able to use Cleaver extension after all? Have you checked how difficult would it be to upgrade Slicer’s extension to Cleaver2?