[MINC-users] brain-view??

[Jason Lerch]

Greetings again,

Andrew is working on a .deb package (and might have source tarballs as 
well - Andrew?), and there are application bundles for OS X kicking 
around too. If neither of that suits you I can give you the sources as 
tarballs.

Jason

EJ Nikelski wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
>    I shall defer to you on Inventor versus VTK issues. I assumed its death
> due to its lack of presence and current documentation (not the look).
> Assuming that no one from Alan's group objects, where might I find the most
> current source and perhaps a make file? I would be perfectly willing to
> cobble together a bit of documentation, if that would help.
>
> -Jim
>
>
> On 5/2/07, Jason Lerch <jason at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>   
>> EJ Nikelski wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Anka,
>>>
>>>    Are you looking for beta testers? We would be willing to test
>>>       
>> mincView,
>>     
>>> particularly if it provides similar functionality to brain-view, i.e.
>>> overlaying a cortical surface (obj) with functional or cortical
>>>       
>> thickness
>>     
>>> data.  Just make the source and a make file available, and we can build
>>>       
>> it
>>     
>>> ourselves.  We don't really need a package at this point ...
>>>
>>>    BTW, do you know whether brain-view is really dead? It looks a bit
>>>       
>> dated
>>     
>>> (QT3  with SoQT libraries and a very Inventor look to it).  If it is
>>> officially dead, I shall recommend that we look for something else.
>>>
>>>       
>> Contrary to seemingly popular belief, brain-view is not dead (as an
>> aside, why would having an Inventor look make it seem dead? I'll take
>> Inventor or its derivatives over VTK any day). As far as I know you're
>> welcome to it, unless anyone from Alan's group objects.
>>
>> Jason
>>     
>>> Thanks for the info,
>>>
>>> -Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/1/07, Anka Kochanowska <anka at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> In Louis Collins' lab we have an IGNS project with few applications
>>>>         
>> that
>>     
>>>> allow you to view minc data or display obj files.
>>>> There is a simple program called MincView, based on vtk (5.0) with qt
>>>> user interface.
>>>> As the project is not finished, there is no package ready for install,
>>>> and I have not yet thought of creating it (I am the main developer on
>>>> the project).
>>>>
>>>> Anka
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> EJ Nikelski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>   I am collaborating with a researcher who recollects using a piece of
>>>>> BIC-developed software, called brain-view, sometime in the recent
>>>>>           
>> past.
>>     
>>>>> Personally, I have never heard of it, and it isn't amongst the
>>>>>           
>> packages
>>     
>>>>> distributed by BIC (I believe) ... although there is a link at
>>>>> "http://wiki.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/index.php/BrainViewDev"<
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> http://wiki.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/index.php/BrainViewDev>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> and Yorick seems to have some version of it running.
>>>>>
>>>>>   Question: Is this software ready for use and being actively
>>>>>           
>> developed
>>     
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> distributed (within the BIC community, at least)?  Or is this simply a
>>>>> "proof of concept" project that isn''t going any further (as suggested
>>>>>           
>> in
>>     
>>>>> the wiki). Are there better options?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> -Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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