map3d is a scientific visualization application developed at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training (CVRTI) and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI) at the University of Utah. The original purpose of the program was to interactively view scalar fields of electric potentials from measurements and simulations in cardiac electrophysiology. Its present utility […]
Read MoreThe SCI Institute proudly releases SCIRun version 1.2.0. In direct response to feedback from program users and collaborators, this version contains several new features. New Features of SCIRun v1.2.0 Dynamic Compilation and Loading PETSc SLES support Disjoint package builds Improved Documentation Dynamic Compilation and Loading DCL provides dynamic compilation of algorithms in SCIRun which reduces […]
Read MoreBy J. Kniss, G. Kindlmann, C. Hansen This page documents the evolution of our volume rendering project, named Simian. As volume rendering goes, this system is quite a departure from the way this process is typically approached. Most direct volume renderings produced today employ one-dimensional transfer functions, which assign color and opacity to the volume […]
Read MoreIn March of 2001, the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute reached a milestone with the long anticipated release of both SCIRun 1.0.0 and BioPSE 1.0.0. “I am excited about the SCIRun and BioPSE software releases,” says the Institute’s director Christopher R. Johnson. “We have been working on SCIRun since 1992. What started out as software […]
Read MoreOn March 19th, Governor Michael Leavitt visited the SCI Institute for a bill signing ceremony that marks the launch of an ambitious initiative to double the number of engineering and technology graduates over the next five years. The law provides funding for new faculty, pay increases, student loans, and infrastructure improvements. Most notably, it provides […]
Read MoreLisa Durbeck Part 1. Unstructured Meshes in Entertainment and Engineering Tomb Raider If you have played just about any modern Nintendo(tm) or Playstation ™ computer game, then you have encountered meshes. Many games make heavy use of what are called polygonal surface meshes, or surfaces built up out of polygons. They are used in the […]
Read MoreTwo SCIers, Darby Brown and Jesse Hall, were given a rare opportunity to showcase their work before the Utah State Legislature on January 18th. In conjunction with a University wide effort to show the benefits of undergraduate studies within a research institution, Darby and Jesse, both undergraduate members of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute, […]
Read MoreOn January 17th Dr. Christopher Johnson, director of the SCI Institute, appealed to local information technology business leaders to assist in lobbying the Utah State Legislature for more funding for Engineering disciplines. Dr. Johnson presented an overview of the current research within the Institute with an emphasis on medicine. He described the history of biomedical […]
Read MoreBy Oleg Portniaguine. An interesting, but very challenging kind of imaging is to visualize the interior of a non-transparent object (such as a human body) using physical fields measured outside the body. This imaging is achieved through a mathematical engine known as “inverse problems solving” or “statistical optimization”, one of the key research directions at […]
Read MoreWith the rapid advancement of new communication technologies, today’s scientists are able to communicate more frequently and easily with collaborators and colleagues throughout the world. Collaborations used to require travelling on sabbaticals and meeting at infrequent conferences. Today, researchers need a way to collaborate remotely beyond the constraints of email and FTP. Since the late […]
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