Posted by
Michael Schmid on
Feb 20, 2017; 4:29pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Scanning-electron-microscope-image-to-3D-print-tp5018138p5018147.html
On 18/02/2017 17:30, Duleep Samuel wrote:
> Respected Imagej Researchers. I want to make a 3D print. Can I directly
> convert a single image to *.STL and print. Or do I need an Image stack for
> 3D printing . I am confused on how to make an image stack using SEM. With
> regards Samuel IIHR Bangalore, India
Hi Samuel,
there is no way to derive 3D information from one SEM image.
In principle, it is possible to derive a 3D structure from images taken
under different sample angles (e.g. a stereo image pair), but it might
be difficult.
Two articles as starting point from a previous post
https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0910&L=IMAGEJ&P=R17599Kuroda, Ikeuchi Nakade, Inoue, Kitagawa
Vacuum (2002) Volume 65 Pages 541-546. doi: 10.1016/S0042-207X(01)00469-9
Stampfl, Scherer, Gruber, et al.
Appl. Phys. A (1996) Volume 63 p 341. doi:10.1007/BF01567324
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If you get a height map from this, it should be possible to create a 3D
print from it. I am not aware of a height-map to STL converter for
ImageJ, but there are several image-to-STL converters around; any
internet search engine will find a few.
Michael
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