| Developer(s) | CTI |
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| Stable release | 3.0 / 2010 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | GNU Linux, Windows |
| Available in | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish |
| Type | Medical software |
| License | GNU GPL2 |
| Website | http://svn.softwarepublico.gov.br/trac/invesalius |
InVesalius is a free medical software used to reconstruct structures of the human body. Based on two-dimensional images, acquired using Computed tomography or Magnetic resonance imaging equipments, the software generates virtual three-dimensional models correspondent to anatomical parts of the human body. After reconstructing three-dimensionally DICOM images, the software allows the generation of STL (stereolithography) files. These files can be used for Rapid Prototyping.
InVesalius was developed at CTI (Renato Archer Technology of Information Center), a research institute of the Brazilian Science and Technology Center and is available at no cost at the homepage of Public Software Portal homepage. The software license is CC-GPL 2. It is available both in English, Brazilian Portuguese, French and Spanish.
InVesalius was developed using Python and works under GNU Linux and Windows (both XP, Vista and 7) (MacOS X version on the way). It also uses graphic libraries VTK, wxPython, GDCM and ITK.
The software’s name is a tribute to Belgian physician Andreas Vesalius (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 dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, paleontology and anthropology. It has been used not only in public hospitals, but also in private clinics and hospitals.
Until 2010, the software had already been used for generating more than 1500 rapid prototyping models of anatomical structures at Promed project.
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