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This Week in 3D Imaging
Research Highlights Researchers from NVIDIA won 1st place on the HECKTOR22 challenge leaderboard- a platform for researchers to compare their...
This Week in 3D Imaging
Research Highlights In order to effectively capture the global multi-scale information and learn sequence representations of the input volume, researchers...
How to Create a Population Average
What is a Population Average? A population average merges together several individual specimens to form a consensus of the group...
What is a DCM file?
The DCM file extension is used for DICOM which stands for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. This is the...
What happened to IDAV Landmark Editor?
Unfortunately, the IDAV Landmark Editor software is no longer maintained by UC Davis and the software download is no longer...
How to convert, reduce, and load micro CT scans
Checkpoint can help you convert those large micro CT scans into files that are more manageable. The following explains how...
Population Average Methodology
The following steps are used to create a population average from a set of input specimen based on 3D volumetric...
Resource List for Geometric Morphometrics Analysis
Geometric morphometrics provides invaluable information in the areas of physical anthropology and medical research. By comparing differences in 3D anatomic...
CT based Exophthalmometry
What is exophthalmometry? Exophthalmometry is a method for measuring globe (eye) position for a patient. The general idea is to...
Tibial Shape Analysis
Checkpoint facilitates shape anaysis for the tibia. The following explains how to create a tibia population and perform a shape...
Temporomandibular Joint: Condyle Shape Analysis
Checkpoint facilitates shape anaysis for the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). The following explains how to create a population of TMJ condyles...
Isosurfacing
What is isosurfacing? Isosurfacing is a visualization technique for extracting a surface from 3D volumetric data, such as a CT...
Convert DICOM to NIFTI
Converting DICOM to NIFTI with Checkpoint is a short and simple process. Load a DICOM volume, then go to the...
Shape Analysis: Generalized Procrustes Analysis
The procrustes superimposition method calculates the procrustes average specimen, which removes scale from the specimens. The following covers the options...
How to Measure Joint Congruency
What is joint congruence? Joint congruence is the measurement of two opposing joint surfaces as they relate to one another...