Dear all.
I am completly new to 3D visualisation so I am sorry if my question is naive. I have looked at this website and one called HeNe. I can see that OpenGl is a very powerful language but most of the applications seem to be aimed at producing 3d scenes from primitive objects, useful for CAD-CAM, VR etc.
I can see how with voulme data quads etc could be used to provide a rendering of a 3D data set from medical imageing. I am willing to put in the time and effort to learn the language and read the books etc, I am not scared of the struggle.
So my question is, is openGL the correct frame work for this or will I always be working around the language because it was not set up for volume data visualisation tasks? Is there another more applicable laungage to use?
I have looked at VTK and it seems very simple but as ever you I think in the long run you pay heavily with flexability for such convenience. I have used both C and some java for scientific computing and GUI’s for many years but I am completly new to graphics and know nothing about the capabilities of OpenGL and it’s framework.
Any advice about where to concentrate my efforts would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to set off in the wrong direction.
Thanks
Trevor.