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POImport ITK/VTK into Matlab or Matlab into VTK/ITK environment?
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copied!<p>For a current project I have to use and do mathemetics on information provided in matrices as well as use ITK/VTK functions for displaying medical information / renders. Basically I have to use both matlab routines and VTK/ITK in a (I guess) 50/50 way. The problem is that, since I have to use both, I want to decide in advance which method to use: </p> <ol> <li><p><strong>Import ITK and VTK libs into matlab:</strong> for this you have to build your own VTK as a start. Then, by <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/19638" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> example the whole idea is to write your VTK-code in .mex files. These are files in which you can program c-code as a function of matlab. </p></li> <li><p><strong>Import matlab functions in ITK/VTK environment:</strong> for this I would use a language, probably python, to do matrix calculations. I could make use of Numpy. This is a matlab-kind-of calculation module in Python and convert vtk data to numpy data and I can make use of matplotlib to make plots.</p></li> </ol> <p><strong>Pros / cons ITK/VTK imported in matlab</strong><br> + easy to do matlab calculations and plotting <br> + matlab is one of most powerfull tools for working with matrices<br> + have used matlab before (subjective)<br><br> - Have to have matlab installed <br> - running matlab burdens your pc <br></p> <p><strong>Pros / cons matlab imported in ITK/VTK environment</strong><br> + no need to have matlab installed <br> + less of a strain for PC, and since medical datasets require alot from your pc this is nice.<br> + ITK/VTK environment already set up in this case (currently using it this way, but never with matlab/matrices .mat)<br><br> - have heard stories it is hard to do matlab calculations in this way. Bit messy.<br> - less experience in python (in combination with matlab 0)</p> <p><strong>So...? concluding</strong><br> Actually I am looking for people who have been working in one of the two environments but since I think there are such a few of them I love to hear suggestions what to look for before making the final choice. It will cost a lot of time to get it working in a way I need it so it would be a waste of time to try both (also have a deadline). </p> <p><strong>extra notes</strong><br> - I have tried Simulink for matlab in combination with VTK/ITK libs but I do not like it.<br> - Although a solution to the problem is ofcourse the best I can get here I am also happy with people having experience in making choices which are in base the same as this one. What are keypoints to look for when making such a choice? Am I missing a keypoint in my pros and cons?</p>

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