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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

For an example of meshing a 3D DICOM, look at this example:

https://cgal.geometryfactory.com/CGAL/doc/master/Mesh_3/Mesh_3_2mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image_8cpp-example.html

There is nothing done in CGAL to handle 2D cases.

Sebastien.

On 04/25/2017 05:04 PM, Jan Lünert wrote:
> Hello everybody.
>
> I got some questions concerning the ability of cgal to work with DICOM
> data files. First of all, is the cgal software able to read DICOM files
> and is there a possibility to mesh 3D DICOM-based geometries and
> translate them into 2D surfaces. Furthermore, if this Translation is
> possible, is it also possible to receive some kind of measurement of the
> 3D and the 2D surface/area. This would be very important to know for me,
> as I am highly interested in the distortion effects\differences in area
> that occur by translation from 3D to 2D. Is something like that possible
> with the DICOM software and which packages are useful to treat such tasks?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jan