[Insight-users] Open Source V3D v2.526 and V3D-ITK project released!

[Hanchuan Peng]

We are pleased to announce that a new version (v2.526) of V3D, along 
with all its source code, have been released! Download at the official 
website

http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/


Join the discussion forum at

http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/


About V3D:

V3D is a handy, fast, and versatile 3D/4D/5D Image Visualization & 
Analysis System for Bioimages & Surface Objects. It also provides many 
unique functions. It is also Open Source, supports a very simple and 
powerful plugin interface and thus can be extended & enhanced easily. 
This software has recently been published in Nature Biotechnology (April 
2010), received highlights in Nature Methods (May, 2010), Science News 
(April/May 2010), and NITRC (Aug, 2010). Developer hackathons that 
involved about 10 different research labs were also held recently 
(July-Aug, 2010).


V3D is a cross-platform (Mac, Linux, and Windows) tool for visualizing 
large-scale (gigabytes, and 64-bit data) 3D, 4D and 5D image stacks and 
various surface data. It is also a container of powerful modules for 3D 
image analysis (cell segmentation, neuron tracing, brain registration, 
annotation, quantitative measurement and statistics, etc) and data 
management. This makes V3D suitable for various bioimage informatics 
applications, and a nice platform to develop new 3D image analysis 
algorithms for high-throughput processing. In short, V3D streamlines the 
workflow of visualization-assisted analysis.


In our latest development, V3D can render 5D (spatial-temporal) data 
directly in 3D volume-rendering mode; it supports convenient and 
interactive local and global 3D views at different scales. it even has a 
Matlab file IO toolbox. Probably most importantly, you can now write 
your own plugins to take advantage of the V3D platform!


Please contact us if you want to learn more, provide feedbacks, or 
become a part of this exciting developing team!


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Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D.,
Janelia Farm Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
19700 Helix Drive,
Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA.
Tel: (+1) 571-209-4156
Fax: (+1) 571-209-4933
Email: pengh at janelia.hhmi.org

* Peng Lab: http://penglab.janelia.org

* V3D lets you explore&  understand your
   large 3D/4D/5D images a lot easier!
- fast 3D+ image visualization and analysis,
   WYSIWYG, and easy plugin interface:
   http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d