title: From medical images to finite grids system.
abstract: The development techniques of implementation of converting the medical slice images to 3-D finite element grids are discussed, and an integrated system based on ITK and VTK is built. The system can provide a series of functions including image reading, reduction, segmentation, reconstruction and finite element grids generation with flexible user's graphics interface. At same time, this system can also provide a powerful tool for the design, choice or assessment of image segmentation and reconstruction algorithm.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Center, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Xiao-Yong
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: You-Jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Du