# Surface registration

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/surface-registration/9022>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** registration\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/surface-registration/9022 "2019-11-05T01:04:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![manjula](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/manjula/32/80981_2.png) [@manjula](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/manjula)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/surface-registration/9022/3 "2020-01-10T20:35:23Z")

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Hi,

Sometime back i had the same problem and tried several options including other software like geomagic and cloudcompare. I got the best results for my problem with CMF ROI registration. I validated the results of superimposition with Model to Model distance and shape population viewer.

I think if you go through the following link you will find useful inputs from many here.

> [@Revisiting Rigid Mesh Registration](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/revisiting-rigid-mesh-registration/9424):
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> I first posted the problem few months back and Prof: Lassoan help me with it. Now i have had time to read about this topic and play around I would like to have a better understanding of the problem as i am not 100% happy with the results that i am getting with CMF surface registraion module and IGT fiducial registration wizard. i am no mathematician or programmer and many parts of this will be copy pasted from other published work whici i read. Original Problem : We have a STL files from surfa…

We have done similar things with 3D Slicer and i do not think it is related to the thickness of the cortical bone.

Also why are you segmenting and registering at the first place ? Is it not best to simply do Image registration ?

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