Javelin3D, LLC
(435) 615-7729 during normal business hours (Mountain)- M thru F.
For updates, upgrade information, support and other information for of Velocity2 for SGI UNIX and Windows NT versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.3.3, 1.8, 1.9, 1.95, 2.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1, 3.0, 3.1.1, and 3.2. , Please contact: 1-801-466-5469.
Computer Hardware Requirements for Windows XP Version

Hardware and Operating System Requirements:

  • Intel pentium 4 or higher (3.0 GHz  recommended), minimum of 1MB L2 cache.
  • At least 256 Mbytes RAM (2.0 Gbytes recommended).
  • Microsoft Intellimouse (or 3-button mouse) and (optionally) Ethernet networking card, USB port for WIBU Key.
  • OpenGL capable 3D graphics accelerator with at least 1280 x 1024 resolution, (256 MB CARD recommended)
  • CD-ROM drive.
  • Windows XP.
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SOFTWARE TRAINING
3D Modeling Short Course
Instructors:
Dr. Charles Knox - Dr. Knox is a Vice President at Image3, LLC. He is the company's Software Product Manager and is responsible for the research and development of existing and new software products. Dr. Knox developed the Velocity2 Pro software packages for XP, NT and UNIX applications. He has been involved with medical image reconstruction applications for over 18 years at Image3, Minnesota Datametrics, and the University of MInnesota.
Alair Emory - Ms. Emory is a founder and CEO of Image3 and of Javelin, a 3D design firm. Ms. Emory has served as the Principal Investigator on several R&D projects for the NIH and the NSF. She frequently lectures at technical meetings across the country on the advances in rapid prototyping and medical modeling. Ms. Emory has published several papers on biomodeling and bioceramic prototyping.

Location: Park City, Utah, USA

Park City, Utah, site of the 2002 Olympics is nestled at the base of the Wasatch mountains. Only minutes from Salt Lake City, it is home to 3 world class ski resorts and averaging over 350 annual inches of snow, is truly a skiers paradise. Summer and Fall are excellent times to enjoy over 350 miles of interconnected mountain biking and hiking trails and the many fine golf courses in the area.

Fly fishing in the local rivers is also a popular option for visitors. Make sure to take time to explore historic Main Street and to visit the Utah Olympic Park. This park was a competition venue for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games for Nordic jumping and the sliding sports of bobsleigh, luge and skeleton. The nearly 400-acre Park features a mixture of sporting facilities and visitor areas for an incredible Olympic experience. The state-of-the-art park hosted more than 300,000 visitors and 14 Olympic medal events in February 2002. The Utah Olympic Park now serves as a year-round competition and training ground for recreational and high-performance athletes. For your traveling enjoyment, over 100 different restaurants and bars are located in the Park City.

Cost: $595
Class Minimum Requirement: 5
Class Maximum: 10
Payment is by credit card (Visa and Mastercard accepted or by prepayment check, sorry no PO’s accepted for training).

Course Dates:

Friday, November 3, 2006

Friday, February 2, 2007

Friday, May 5, 2007

Lodging and Transportation is participant’s responsibility.

Contact Alair Emory directly at: alaire@javelin3d.com to pre-register for a class session.
It will be required that the course attendees provide their own computer/laptop with a minimum of 1280X1024 Screen Resolution, and 2GIG of RAM.
  • Methods to import image data (introduction to PACS).
  • Creation of STL files.
  • Gray level, filter and logical processing of image data sets in preparation for 3D reconstruction.
  • Animation for web interfaces.
  • Creation of 3D models using Velocity2's gray level boundary and mask definition tools.
  • Rapid prototyping options, (participants will build their own 3D reconstruction on an RP system).
  • 3D rendering, editing and measurement techniques.
  • Interfacing to CAD software.

3D Image Processing, 3D Visualization, 3D Medical Imaging, CT to STL, MRI to STL, Medical Modeling. 3D Medical Visualization,DICOM to STL,3D Medical Software. Voxel, Anatomical CAD, Medical CAD, Surgical CAD, NIH image, Stereolithography, SLA, Rapid Prototyping, 3D doctor, Mimic, OSIRIXx, DICOM tools, DICOM conversion, 3D DICOM, Medical Rapid Prototyping,Phantom Design, orthopedics, Orthopedics and CAD, 3D orthopedics, Soft tissue, Tissue segmentation, Bone segmentation, Computer tissue segmentation, 4D Map, 4D Feature Map, TIFF to STL, Tif to STL, Medical FEA Mesh, Gray Scale to CAD, Image data to CAD, Gray-Scale to CAD, PACS, Cone Beam CT to STL, Volume Rendering,

Reconstructions Direct from Masks or Thresholding

One important use of masks is to define regions-of-interest (ROI) for further image processing. For example, when normalizing gray values across an image set, masks can be used advantageously to confine the operation to just the areas of interest .

Masks can also be used to define an object's surface boundaries for reconstruction; however, this should be considered only as an approach of last resort. For more accurate 3D reconstructions, and smoother surfaces, it is always preferable to use gray level thresholding to define boundaries.

In cases where it may be difficult to define surface boundaries by gray level alone, such as in soft tissue, combinations of gray level thresholding and masks can be successful. Often, masks can be used to exclude pixels from the boundary.

Common Import Error

An error reading an image file can generally be traced to a file permissions problem or attempting to read the file from a non-writable medium such as a CD-ROM. If your image files are on CD-ROM, copy them to a directory on your hard disk.

If your image data are located on hard disk, check the permissions on the directory containing the image file and on the file itself. In Unix, use the chmod command to set read and write permissions on. In Windows NT, use the Explorer Properties function to make the file writable.

Velocity2 expects to both read and write an image file (for example, to update the image's header information) and it also expects to be able to write a mask file for the associated image.

Using the 3D Segmentation Tools to Avoid Tedious Image Processing

Removing extraneous objects from a reconstruction is often most conveniently done in the 3D portion of the program using the 3D Delete functions. For example, if only the external surfaces of a bone are needed, deleting all of the internal spaces by using masks would be very tedious. Instead, simply leave them in and then delete them by making use of the surface and 3D object level selection tools.

Email: scottmc@v2software.com