# 3D Reconstruction from 2D X-ray Images

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/3d-reconstruction-from-2d-x-ray-images/2138
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** file-formats
**Created:** [November 25, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/3d-reconstruction-from-2d-x-ray-images/2138 "2019-11-25T06:40:20Z")
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### Author: ![rjsgml5698](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rjsgml5698](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/rjsgml5698)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/3d-reconstruction-from-2d-x-ray-images/2138/1 "2019-11-25T06:40:20Z")

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Can I extract volume data with x-rays? Can only polydata be possible?

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### Author: ![lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/lassoan/32/50_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/3d-reconstruction-from-2d-x-ray-images/2138/2 "2019-11-26T02:22:18Z")

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VTK does not contain algorithms for reconstructing 3D volume from 2D projections, but there are libraries that you may find useful, for example [RTK](https://www.openrtk.org/).

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### Author: ![rjsgml5698](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@rjsgml5698](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/rjsgml5698)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2019, 4:12am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/3d-reconstruction-from-2d-x-ray-images/2138/3 "2019-11-26T04:12:42Z")

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Thank you for your apply!!