A novel alternative method for 3D visualisation in Parasitology: the construction of a 3D model of a parasite from 2D illustrations.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2010
Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) models of the marginal hooks, dorsal and ventral anchors, bars and haptoral reservoirs of a parasite, Sundatrema langkawiense Lim & Gibson, 2009 (Monogenea) were developed using the polygonal modelling method in Autodesk 3ds Max (Version 9) based on two-dimensional (2D) illustrations. Maxscripts were written to rotate the modelled 3D structures. Appropriately orientated 3D haptoral hard-parts were then selected and positioned within the transparent 3D outline of the haptor and grouped together to form a complete 3D haptoral entity. This technique is an inexpensive tool for constructing 3D models from 2D illustrations for 3D visualisation of the spatial relationships between the different structural parts within organisms.
Keywords
Animals, Computer Simulation
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Publication Title
Tropical Biomedicine
Volume
27
Issue
2
Publisher
Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Additional Information
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603 Malaysia