Re: [vmtk-users] calling VMTK from MATLAB

[Luca A. <luc...@gm...>]

Hi Anouk,
 you'll probably have to use the system() function in Matlab to call vmtk the way you call it from the command line.
It should work.

Luca

PS: a couple of random references on the system function

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6708760/non-blocking-call-to-external-program-without-losing-return-code
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/324084
http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=768159

On Mar 25, 2013, at 6:06 PM, Anouk Post wrote:

> Dear VMTK Users,
> I am using VMTK to calculate centerlines of stl files. This is part of a 3D reconstruction process for which I use MATLAB. I really want to incorporate the VMTK part of the process into my MATLAB code.
> Does anyone know how I can call VMTK from MATLAB and execute a VMTK script? 
> Thanks!
> Best wishes,
> Anouk
> 
> P.S. My VMTK code is:
> vmtksurfacereader -ifile /Users/.../Phantom_Best_Catheter_now.stl -f "stl"  --pipe vmtkcenterlines -endpoints 1 -seedselector openprofiles --pipe  vmtkcenterlinegeometry -ofile /Users/.../Phantom_Best_Catheter_now_output.dat
> 
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