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I'm going to work on implementing 3d display of dicom files and I'm wondering which technologies is easier to use: Java 3D or VTK? I'm not very experienced programmer,but I've already created a DICOM viewer based on dcm4che open source library.

Any hints or experiences to share?

Amit Joshi
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  • You can use Java 3D which is still actively maintained and there is already another DICOM viewer that has used it for years. Have a look at here for more information: http://tinyurl.com/cf47kcb – gouessej Sep 04 '14 at 14:27

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Most of my 3D modeling is Optical Coherence Tomography data that tends to be rather large. My experience has been a little backwards. The project started as a C++ project using x64 VTK and Qt. Folks in the lab weren't C++ people, so it got converted to Java which is used through Matlab, which the lab post-docs know.

Java VTK is really easy to use and has a lot of features, but I'm having some trouble with registering callback events for buttons and such with will be a deal breaker if it can't get resolved. This problem might dramatically effect how the UI is done, so keep that in mind.

Most of the C++ examples tend to convert to Java really quickly (except callbacks >.< ) so there is a plethora of examples. If you are going to use VTK, I highly recommend "The VTK User's Guide" by Kitware, Inc (ISBN: 978-1-930934-23-8), as it is an excellent overview of the API.

Good luck!

Austin
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