<s>
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
image	O
processing	O
software	O
for	O
3D	O
design	O
and	O
modeling	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Materialise	O
NV	O
,	O
a	O
Belgian	O
company	O
specialized	O
in	O
additive	O
manufacturing	O
software	O
and	O
technology	O
for	O
medical	O
,	O
dental	O
and	O
additive	O
manufacturing	O
industries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
3D	O
surface	O
models	O
from	O
stacks	O
of	O
2D	O
image	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mimics	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
Materialise	O
Interactive	O
Medical	B-Application
Image	I-Application
Control	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
is	O
commercially	O
available	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
Innovation	O
Suite	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
contains	O
Materialise	O
3-matic	O
,	O
a	O
design	O
and	O
meshing	O
software	O
for	O
anatomical	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
is	O
24.0(released in 2021 )	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Vista	B-Application
and	O
XP	B-Application
in	O
x64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
calculates	O
surface	O
3D	O
models	O
from	O
stacked	O
image	O
data	O
such	O
as	O
Computed	O
Tomography	O
(	O
CT	O
)	O
,	O
Micro	O
CT	O
,	O
Magnetic	O
Resonance	O
Imaging	O
(	O
MRI	O
)	O
,	O
Confocal	O
Microscopy	O
,	O
X-ray	B-Library
and	O
Ultrasound	B-Application
,	O
through	O
image	B-Algorithm
segmentation	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ROI	O
,	O
selected	O
in	O
the	O
segmentation	B-Algorithm
process	O
is	O
converted	O
to	O
a	O
3D	O
surface	O
model	O
using	O
an	O
adapted	O
marching	B-Algorithm
cubes	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
that	O
takes	O
the	O
partial	B-Algorithm
volume	I-Algorithm
effect	I-Algorithm
into	O
account	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
very	O
accurate	O
3D	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DICOM	B-Algorithm
data	O
from	O
CT	O
or	O
MRI	O
images	O
can	O
be	O
uploaded	O
into	O
Materialise	O
Mimics	B-Algorithm
in	O
order	O
to	O
begin	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
New	O
Mask	O
"	O
tool	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
highlight	O
specific	O
anatomy	O
from	O
the	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
data	O
.	O
</s>
