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  Re: isosurface rendering of volume data  
From: Alain
Date: 29 Jun 2009 15:22:16
Message: <4a491468$1@news.povray.org>

> I have a stack of binary images i.e each image is a 2D array and all such images
> combined to give a 3D array.
> I had previously used MATLAB's isosurface,isocaps and patch functions to
> get the visualisation of the volume data, but its too slow.
> Is there a way by which I can import such a 3D volume data from matlab to POV
> ray and then extract the isosurfaces from that data and render it ?
> 
> 
Convert those image into the TGA format and use a tga to 3df combiner to 
combine them in a single 3FD file.

That file can then be used to generate an isosurface or as a density 
pattern for a media.

Alain


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