animation software packages autodesk's maya  (Autodesk Inc)

Journal: AMB Express

Article Title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of surface nanoarchitecture from two-dimensional datasets

doi: 10.1186/2191-0855-4-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: Reconstruction of surfaces using input micrographs with various magnifications. Three-dimensional surfaces have been generated based on electron micrographs of 150 nm-thick titanium thin films at 30000× (a) , 70000× (b) , 90000× (c) and 150000× (d) magnifications. Color scales have been calibrated via AFM roughness data. Three-dimensional surfaces generated based on AFM scans of corresponding surface areas are presented in the right column. The surface features in AFM scans appear to be more regular than in SEM 3D displacement maps, due to the effects of tip convolution on AFM data.

Article Snippet: The 3D visualization of SEM images was realized in the 3D animation software package Autodesk Maya® ( http://usa.autodesk.com/maya/ ).

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Journal: AMB Express

Article Title: Three-dimensional reconstruction of surface nanoarchitecture from two-dimensional datasets

doi: 10.1186/2191-0855-4-3

Figure Lengend Snippet: SEM noise reduction for surface reconstruction. A high level of noise in an electron micrograph can adversely affect the final 3D geometry, resulting in a highly rough appearance (a) . In order to minimize the effect of noise, a convolution algorithm can be applied. The surface presented in (b) was processed using a 3 × 3 convolution matrix to ‘smooth out’ the effect of noise. Care must be taken however, to ensure that the image is not excessively smoothed, as this will result in the loss of topographical detail. This is demonstrated in surface (c) , where the same convolution matrix was applied 5 times in succession.

Article Snippet: The 3D visualization of SEM images was realized in the 3D animation software package Autodesk Maya® ( http://usa.autodesk.com/maya/ ).

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