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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">We are pleased to announce that a new version (v2.603) of the powerful cross-platform
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V3D system, along with all its source code, have been released! Download at the official
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website<br>
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<a href="http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/">http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d/</a><br>
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Join the discussion forum at<br>
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<a href="http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/">http://www.nitrc.org/projects/v3d/</a><br>
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**** New Features in this New Release ****<br>
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A major upgrade of the V3D main program and make the plugin interface even easier and more powerful.
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Allow multi-thread data loading whenever possible. Add web file fetching and load function. Enable 16/32
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bit direct 3D visualization and 3D WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) for such data. Fixed some bugs
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and enhanced the interaction performance. More comprehensive plugin interface. <br>
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Along with the upgrade of the main program, powerful new plugins are also included. Some featured plugins
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that can be very useful include <br>
* Simple 3D Movie Maker, <br>
* 5D Stack Converter, <br>
* Linear-time Fast Distance Transform, <br>
* Multi-thread Image Loading, <br>
* V3D Example Plugin for Image and Objects Pushing and Anamation, etc. <br>
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You can also check out the latest source code, or download pre-compiled versions as instructed at the V3D website.
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**** About V3D ****<br>
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V3D is a handy, fast, and versatile 3D/4D/5D Image Visualization & <br>
Analysis System for Bioimages & Surface Objects. It also provides many <br>
unique functions. It supports a very simple and powerful plugin interface <br>
and thus can be extended & enhanced easily. <br>
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This software has recently been published in Nature Biotechnology (April <br>
2010), received highlights in Nature Methods (May, 2010), Science News <br>
(April/May 2010), NITRC (Aug, 2010), and HHMI Annual Report (Dec 2010). <br>
Developer hackathons that involved about 10 different research labs were <br>
also held recently (July-Aug, 2010).<br>
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V3D is a cross-platform (Mac, Linux, and Windows) tool for visualizing <br>
large-scale (gigabytes, and 64-bit data) 3D, 4D and 5D image stacks and <br>
various surface data. It is also a container of powerful modules for 3D <br>
image analysis (cell segmentation, neuron tracing, brain registration, <br>
annotation, quantitative measurement and statistics, etc) and data <br>
management. This makes V3D suitable for various bioimage informatics <br>
applications, and a nice platform to develop new 3D image analysis <br>
algorithms for high-throughput processing. In short, V3D streamlines the <br>
workflow of visualization-assisted analysis.<br>
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In our latest development, V3D can render 5D (spatial-temporal) data <br>
directly in 3D volume-rendering mode; it supports convenient and <br>
interactive local and global 3D views at different scales. it even has a <br>
Matlab file IO toolbox. Probably most importantly, you can now write <br>
your own plugins to take advantage of the V3D platform!<br>
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Please contact us if you want to learn more, provide feedbacks, or <br>
become a part of this exciting developing team!<br>
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Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D.,<br>
Janelia Farm Research Campus<br>
Howard Hughes Medical Institute<br>
19700 Helix Drive,<br>
Ashburn, VA, 20147, USA.<br>
Tel: (+1) 571-209-4156<br>
Fax: (+1) 571-209-4933<br>
Email: <a href="pengh@janelia.hhmi.org">pengh@janelia.hhmi.org</a> <br>
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* Peng Lab: <a href="http://penglab.janelia.org">http://penglab.janelia.org</a><br>
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* V3D lets you explore & understand your<br>
large 3D/4D/5D images a lot easier!<br>
- fast 3D+ image visualization and analysis,<br>
WYSIWYG, and easy plugin interface:<br>
<a href="http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d">http://penglab.janelia.org/proj/v3d</a><br>
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