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tonystark29@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

I know this has been done before, but here's a 1:1 scale 3D print of my actual brain. The hospital that did my MRI let me have the files.

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I know this has been done before, but here's a 1:1 scale 3D print of my actual brain. The hospital that did my MRI let me have the files.

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tonystark29@lemmy.world to 3DPrinting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    How did you assemble the STL? Freesurfer?

    I had some MRIs done about a year ago that included the brain and I got so/so results out of Freesurfer. You could tell it was a brain but it still looked a little janky. Yours looks great, though!

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      Thanks! I used InVesalius for creating the STL of my entire head, and I used Autodesk Meshmixer to isolate my brain from all the other pieces of my head. There are better ways to do it though, I think.

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        cool - I’ll try to run my images through InVesalius instead. Thanks for inspiring me to give this another shot!

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    They should let you have the files. You paid… dearly for them.

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    Love the idea, I always thought of doing the same with my skull since I worked with MRI files and could probably export the file. However I never did an MRI of my head.

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    What file format did they provide?

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    Where is my mind…

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    Would be fun to print the brain of a friend, and compare folds 🧠🧠

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    Nice! I did the same, but I did it on my resin printer so the full 1:1 wouldn’t fit. I ended up doing a 1/4th scale…I call him mini me lol.

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    Now post a photo of it in the gutter!

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    Funny, I always pictured the brain a bit bigger. Maybe due to TV series and such and because I couldn’t really judge what the size would be based on the head.
    It sparked a controversial question in my mind, does a bigger brain make you smarter (so big headed people could be smarter). One page I came across (which looked at least a little legit) was this: Stanford Ask a neuroscientist

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      I used to think the same, until I read somewhere that our brain is pretty much the size of our two fists if we put them palm-to-palm. Looking at my own hands that way is a great reminder.

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        Shit, I have a pea for a brain then. And yes, of course I tried it. Funny to know and indeed a great reminder.

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    Wow. It’s insane seeing the “you” next to you.

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    It’s good to have a spare I guess. LOL

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    test comment please ignore

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      your comment has been acknowledged

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      sh.itjust.works seems to post comments much faster.

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        slow

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          fast

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    That’s a good looking brain.

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    How thoughful of them!

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    Do I gotta pay extra for the obj file?

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