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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=324183721-22062001>Use
vtkProbeFIlter</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=324183721-22062001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=324183721-22062001>define
a polydata source that defines how you want to sample the
volume</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=324183721-22062001></SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN
class=324183721-22062001></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>y<SPAN class=324183721-22062001>ou can use the ruled surface for
that.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=324183721-22062001></SPAN><SPAN
class=324183721-22062001></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>t<SPAN class=324183721-22062001>hen take the resulting scalars and make
them a vtkImageData</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=324183721-22062001>we've done this (at GE) before. vtk has everything you
need to do it...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=324183721-22062001>Bill</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2><SPAN class=324183721-22062001><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>[Lorensen, William E (CRD)] </FONT></SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Media Lab Software
[mailto:info@mlsw.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 22, 2001 11:15
AM<BR><B>To:</B> vtkusers@public.kitware.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [vtkusers]
dental panoramic<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have to create dental panoramic view from a 3d
volume. I need to cut 3d Volume with a function (quadric) or spline and
display it in a plane. How can I do that?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you in advance.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>Media Lab Software<BR>Dr. Massimo Ivani<BR><A
href="mailto:ivani@mlsw.com">ivani@mlsw.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mlsw.com">www.mlsw.com</A></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
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