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I know this has been done before, but here's a 1:1 scale 3D print of my actual brain. The hospital that did my MRI let me have the files.(i.imgur.com)

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ForynGilnith@lemmy.world
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How did you assemble the STL? Freesurfer?

I had some MRIs done about a year ago that included the brain and I got so/so results out of Freesurfer. You could tell it was a brain but it still looked a little janky. Yours looks great, though!

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tonystark29@lemmy.worldOP
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Thanks! I used InVesalius for creating the STL of my entire head, and I used Autodesk Meshmixer to isolate my brain from all the other pieces of my head. There are better ways to do it though, I think.

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ForynGilnith@lemmy.world
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cool - I’ll try to run my images through InVesalius instead. Thanks for inspiring me to give this another shot!

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Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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Love the idea, I always thought of doing the same with my skull since I worked with MRI files and could probably export the file. However I never did an MRI of my head.

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Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world
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They should let you have the files. You paid… dearly for them.

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Crackhappy@lemmy.world
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Where is my mind…

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Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world
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What file format did they provide?

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