Materialize Mimics is an image processing software for 3D design and modeling, developed by Materialize NV, a Belgian company that specializes in software and additive manufacturing technologies for the medical, dental and additive manufacturing industries. Materialize Mimics is used to create 3D surface models from 2D image data stacks. These 3D models can then be used for a variety of engineering applications. Mimic is an acronym for Realization of Interactive Medical Image Control System . It was developed in an ISO environment with CE and FDA 510k premarket licenses. Mimics materialization is commercially available as part of the Materialize Mimics Innovation Suite, which also contains 3-matic, design and meshing software for anatomical data. The current version is 20.0, supports Windows 10, Windows 7, Vista and XP on x64.
Video Mimics
Process
Mimics Materialization calculates surface 3D models from stacked image data such as Computed Tomography (CT), Micro CT, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Confocal Microscope, X-ray and Ultrasound, through image segmentation. ROI, selected in the segmentation process is transformed into a 3D surface model using a customized marching cubes algorithm that takes into account partial volume effects, leading to highly accurate 3D models. 3D files are represented in STL format.
The most common input format is DICOM, but other image formats such as: TIFF, JPEG, BMP and Raw are also supported.
The output file format is different depending on the next application: common 3D output format including STL, VRML, PLY and DXF. 3D files can also be optimized for FEA or CFD and can therefore be exported to Abaqus in INP format, to Ansys in INP, CDB and MSH formats, to Nastran in OUT, NAS and BDF format, and to Comsol in MPHTXT format. To proceed with computer-aided design, files can be exported in IGES format or as a Point cloud.
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Industry
Mimic has been adopted by biomedical engineers and device manufacturers for R & amp; D in various medical industries:
- Cardiovascular
- Craniomaxillofacial
- Orthopedic
- Pulmonology
These industries use special patient 3D data to improve their implants and devices or to gain a better understanding of the biomechanics process. Also non-medical industry such as materials science using Mimik in R & amp; D based image.
Apps
Mimic Realization is a platform for bridging image data stacked into different medical engineering applications:
- 3D measurement and analysis
- Computer Aided Design: 3-matic, SolidWorks, Pro/E... etc.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: FLUENT, CFX,... etc.
- Customized implant design
- Finite Element Analysis: ABAQUS, ANSYS,... etc.
- Rapid Prototyping: EOS, Stratasys, 3D System, ZCorp, Dimensions, Objet,... etc.
- Surgical simulation
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See also
- 3D modeling
- 3D Slicer
- Representation of the computer from the surface
- Computed tomography
- Medical imaging
References
External links
- Official website
- User community
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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