How to convert 2D images to 1 3D image

I have about 170 2D image slices of a brain. These are all saved in a .tif file. I want to take all these slices and put them all together to form a 3D image of the brain. I'm not sure where to even start, can anyone help?

Thanks

Update: This is what I have tried so far

FileTif='C:\Users\Taylor\Desktop\P_TH1_S_2237_29-Nov-2016_13.52.30_OCT.tif'; 
  InfoImage=imfinfo(FileTif);  
  mImage=InfoImage(1).Width;  
  nImage=InfoImage(1).Height;  
  NumberImages=length(InfoImage);  
  FinalImage=zeros(nImage,mImage,NumberImages,'uint16'); 
  for i=1:NumberImages  
     FinalImage(:,:,i)=imread(FileTif,'Index',i);  
  end  

    imshow(FinalImage)

Here are the errors I receive:

Error using images.internal.imageDisplayValidateParams>validateCData (line 115)  
Multi-plane image inputs must be RGB images of size MxNx3.
Error in images.internal.imageDisplayValidateParams (line 27)
common_args.CData = validateCData(common_args.CData,image_type);
Error in images.internal.imageDisplayParseInputs (line 78)
common_args = images.internal.imageDisplayValidateParams(common_args);
Error in imshow (line 222)
images.internal.imageDisplayParseInputs({'Parent','Border','Reduce'},preparsed_varargin{:});
Error in SignalsProject2 (line 18)

[Guillaume]

Well, how are you planning to visualise your 3D image on a 2D monitor surface? imshow can only display 2D images.

Please, use the {}Code button to format text as code rather than putting blank lines between each line.

[Taylor Heilig]

I'm very new to coding, and I was not aware that imshow is for 2D images only. Is there anything like imshow for 3D images?

[Adam]

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/visualize/overview-of-volume-visualization.html

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/examples/visualizing-volume-data.html

https://uk.mathworks.com/help/matlab/visualize/exploring-volumes-with-slice-planes.html

[Jan]

@Taylor: doc imshow reveals this detail.

[Tehniyat Khalid]

Hi Taylor I have the same problem , will you plz help me that how did you get a 3d image form 170 images .... I am working on the project (pcb inspection using x-rays) can you help me that how to get a 3d image using matlab

[zahra ghadery]

hello

i have the same problem. Did you solve it? Would you please help me?

[Image Analyst]

@zahra ghadery if your images are color, then you'll have to convert them to gray scale to use this:

grayImage = imread(FileTif, 'Index', i);  
FinalImage(:, :, i) = grayImage;  % Gray scale

Otherwise you can try inserting the color image into a 4-D matrix:

FinalImage(:, : , :, i) = imread(FileTif, 'Index', i);  % Color

Answer 1

[Jan]

You find some solutions in the FileExchange, when you search for "Slice 3D":

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&term=Slice+3D

Hint: Even asking Google for "Matlab slice 3D" might help in such cases.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

MATLAB's 3-D volume visualization capabilities are pretty primitive. They're pretty much limited to cutaway views (slices) and isosurfaces, as you can see from Adam's links. If you need anything more advanced you'll have to use a program like Avizo: https://www.fei.com/software/avizo-3d/ which can do virtually anything you can possibly think of.