[MINC-users] brain-view??

[Anka Kochanowska]

Hi!
Will it be available on the web?
If not, could I also get a copy, please?
Must be about 3 am at your place, have a nice morning!
Anka


Andrew Janke wrote:

>Well after a couple of hours work, I am well on the way...  The major
>hurdle has been that there are 4 other BIC specific libraries that
>brain-view depends upon, none of these have been released before
>either (that I know of) and thus all required a fair amount of tidying
>up so that I could make a source release as well as binary.
>
>I am now finally up to brain-view so I should be abe to have a package
>to you sometime tomorrow around this time..
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>stay tuned.
>
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>On 5/3/07, Andrew Janke <a.janke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Hi Jim,
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>>I am in the throes of compiling a Ubuntu/Debian package for brain-view
>>for you.  As for documentation I would suggest that put it together on
>>wiki.bic.mni.mcgill.ca
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>>a
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>>On 5/3/07, EJ Nikelski <nikelski at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
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>>>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
>>>
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>>>On 5/2/07, Jason Lerch <jason at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
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>>>>EJ Nikelski wrote:
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>>>>>Hi Anka,
>>>>>
>>>>>   Are you looking for beta testers? We would be willing to test
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>mincView,
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>>>>>particularly if it provides similar functionality to brain-view, i.e.
>>>>>overlaying a cortical surface (obj) with functional or cortical
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>thickness
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>>>>>data.  Just make the source and a make file available, and we can build
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>it
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>>>>>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
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>>>>
>>>>>(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.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>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
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>>>>>Thanks for the info,
>>>>>
>>>>>-Jim
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>On 5/1/07, Anka Kochanowska <anka at bic.mni.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>>In Louis Collins' lab we have an IGNS project with few applications
>>>>>>            
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>>>>that
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>>>>>>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:
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>>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>>Personally, I have never heard of it, and it isn't amongst the
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>packages
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>>>>>>>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>
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>and Yorick seems to have some version of it running.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Question: Is this software ready for use and being actively
>>>>>>>              
>>>>>>>
>>>>developed
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>>>>>>and
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>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
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>>>>>>>the wiki). Are there better options?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-Jim
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>--
>>>=================================
>>>Jim Nikelski, Ph.D.
>>>Postdoctoral Research Fellow
>>>Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging
>>>Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
>>>Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital
>>>McGill University
>>>Tel: (514) 340-8222 x 2298
>>>Fax: (514) 340-8295
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>>Canberra->Australia    +61 (402) 700 883
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