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Announcing Seg3D 2.0

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We are pleased to announce the next generation Seg3D. Version 2.0 features a new more user-friendly interface, better session and project management, many new filters, and many more improvements to ensure stability. Although most of the functionality from the old version has been ported to this new version, some features like volume rendering are scheduled […]

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Imaging Meets Electrophysiology

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common—and perhaps most insidious—form of heart rhythm disturbance and treating it has become the focus of a group of bioengineers, imaging physicists, and physicians at the University of Utah. In atrial fibrillation, the upper two chambers (the left and right atria) of the heart lose their synchronization and beat […]

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Fluorender Used for Prizewinning Photomicrograph

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SCI collaborator Hideo Otsuna, won 2nd place in Nikon’s Small World photomicrography competition 2010 for his image of a 5-day old zebrafish rendered with FluoRender. Nikon Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. For over 30 years, Nikon has rewarded […]

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Guido Gerig Elected Fellow of AIMBE

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Dr. Guido Gerig has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Fellows are nominated each year by their peers and represent the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community.  New inductees are nominated and chosen by the College of Fellows based on their contribution to the […]

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Guido Gerig Coauthor on Neuroimage Top Cited Paper

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The journal NeuroImage recently released it’s list of the top ten most cited articles over the last 5 years. On it was a paper co-authored by Dr. Gerig entitled “User-guided 3D active contour segmentation of anatomical structures: Significantly improved efficiency and reliability”. It has been cited 170 times! (Scopus statistics) The paper describes the use […]

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FluoRender 2.7 Released

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We are happy to announce the 2.7 release of FluoRender. There are some exciting improvements in this version, including a rewritten rendering core, which improves the overall quality and performance of FluoRender. FluoRender can render more fine details, especially in the low signal intensity regions. It renders both volumes and mesh data faster, especially at […]

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SCI to Hold Open House During VisWeek

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SCI will host an open house for Vis Week conference attendees October 28th from 6:30 pm to 9:00pm. Busses will be available to transport guests from the conference to the SCI Institute. Boarding will begin at 6:15pm and will run continuously with the last bus leaving SCI at about 8:45 or 9:00.

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ViSUS In The News

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ViSUS software has received a great deal of news recently due to it’s ability to quickly generate small preview images from very large images.

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