Materialise Mimics

Materialise Mimics is an image processing software for 3D design and modeling, developed by Materialise NV,[1] a Belgian company specialized in additive manufacturing software and technology for medical, dental and additive manufacturing industries.

Materialise Mimics is used to create 3D surface models from stacks of 2D image data.

Mimics is an acronym for Materialise Interactive Medical Image Control System.

The ROI, selected in the segmentation process is converted to a 3D surface model using an adapted marching cubes algorithm that takes the partial volume effect into account, leading to very accurate 3D models.

DICOM data from CT or MRI images can be uploaded into Materialise Mimics in order to begin the segmentation process.

Different meshes visualized on spinal vertebrae.
Spinal vertebrae displaying various mesh options. Top: normal high-density STL; Middle: surface mesh for FEA; Bottom: volume mesh including grayvalue-based material assignment
Aortic arch with thrombus modeled using Materialise Mimics.