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.
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.
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!
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.
cool - I'll try to run my images through InVesalius instead. Thanks for inspiring me to give this another shot!
They should let you have the files. You paid... dearly for them.
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.
Where is my mind....
What file format did they provide?
Would be fun to print the brain of a friend, and compare folds 🧠🧠
That's amazing! You should've scaled it to 110% and then shown it to your family xD
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.
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 neuroscientistI 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.
Shit, I have a pea for a brain then. And yes, of course I tried it. Funny to know and indeed a great reminder.
It's good to have a spare I guess. LOL
Wow that’s wrinkly,
Cool!
That's a good looking brain.
How thoughful of them!
Now post a photo of it in the gutter!
Wow. It's insane seeing the "you" next to you.
Wild! I love this!
Would be an interesting art piece for a bookshelf or something. Maybe make a little stand for it, too!
That is pretry amazing, and what a unique self portrait. Almost in the truest sense.
Do I gotta pay extra for the obj file?
Oh dude that's awesome!
I work with MRI files all the time, I can't believe I never thought this was something you could do with them.
This whole time for educational activities we have been carrying around the real things preserved inside a glass like maniacs, instead of, you know, a pretty 3d model that does not get kids asking us deep or gory questions about death.You should print one in TPU so it's soft, then put it in a glass container with a safe to handle liquid so it looks like a real brain preserved in formaldehyde. Then you can reach in and pull out the brain and ask who wants to hold it.