InVesalius is a free medical

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used to generate virtual reconstructions of structures in the human body. Based on two-dimensional images, acquired using

computed tomography A computed tomography scan (CT scan; formerly called computed axial tomography scan or CAT scan) is a medical imaging technique used to obtain detailed internal images of the body. The personnel that perform CT scans are called radiographers ...

or magnetic resonance imaging equipment, the software generates virtual three-dimensional models correspondent to anatomical parts of the human body. After constructing three-dimensional

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images, the software allows the generation of STL (stereolithography) files. These files can be used for

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. InVesalius was developed at CTI (Renato Archer Information Technology Center), a research institute of the Brazilian Science and Technology Center and is available at no cost at the homepage o
Public Software Portal homepage
The software license is CC-GPL 2. It is available in

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. InVesalius was developed using Python and works under

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. It also uses graphic libraries

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and GDCM. The software's name is a tribute to Belgian physician

Andreas Vesalius Andreas Vesalius (Latinized from Andries van Wezel) () was a 16th-century anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, '' De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem'' (''On the fabric of the human body'' ...

(1514–1564), considered the "father of modern anatomy". Developed since 2001 for attending Brazilian Public Hospitals demands, InVesalius development was directed for promoting social inclusion of individuals with severe facial deformities. Since then, however, it has been employed in various research areas of

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. It has been used not only in public hospitals, but also in private clinics and hospitals. Until 2017, the software had already been used for generating more than 5000 rapid prototyping models of anatomical structures a
Promed project

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