Skeletonizations, with loops, of Volumetric Data or 3D objects in ImageJ?

Posted by Shawn Mikula-2 on Jul 01, 2008; 8:49pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Skeletonizations-with-loops-of-Volumetric-Data-or-3D-objects-in-ImageJ-tp3695707.html

Dear ImageJ Community,
does anyone know whether it's possible to do automated (or semi-automated)
skeletonizations, with loops, of either binary volumetric data (as an image
stack) or of 3D objects (as VRML or other 3D format).  I know there are
neuron tracing ImageJ plugins but these do not do what I want. What I have
is a complicated 3D (non-tree) structure, both as a binary image stack, and
as a VRML 3D mesh, that I want to simplify by generating its skeleton, in
order to show just its topology.  Does anyone have any ideas for how to do
this in ImageJ?
thanks in advance,
Shawn

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