MicroView

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MicroView is a general-purpose 2D and 3D image viewer.  It includes many built-in tools for basic image analysis, and an open plugin architecture, which permits the application to be extended and customized by third parties.  It is particularly suited for microCT image quantification, yet supports reading and writing of DICOM image data so can be used in a broader context (not certified for clinical use).  The basic viewer is provided as an open-source application that runs on 32- and 64-bit Windows, Mac and Linux platforms, while additional plugins are available for purchase.

Features

  • 2D and 3D image viewing
  • Support for many image formats (TIFF, JPEG, VFF, DICOM, Analyze, Nifti, etc)
  • ROI extraction tools: geometric primitives, region-growing, histogram-based, isosurface
  • GPU-accelerated volume renderer
  • Extendable through plug-ins

Benefits

  • Capabilities can be expanded over time through plug-ins
  • Runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X
  • Flexible and powerful tool

 

Developer Preview

We are busy preparing the next generation of MicroView, and are making development snapshots available for testing for an audience who doesn't mind helping us test.  Source code for the open-source core of MicroView can be found here, while a public bug tracker can be found here.  For those who prefer a more stable but older release, the 32-bit-only versions of MicroView can be found here.
This software represents a new development effort, based on the original open-source version hosted on sourceforge.  It has not been officially released, but is available in time-limited demo form for early testing.  In the meanwhile, check our blog and Google+ page for regular progress updates on this product.

Latest Release

2018-06-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc21 Release (2.5.0-3943):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2018-09-01
  • Various minor bug fixes
Download: Linux 64-bit:

Older Releases

2018-05-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc20 Release (2.5.0-3927):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2018-06-01
  • Various minor bug fixes
Download:Linux 64-bit:
​2018-02-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc19 Release (2.5.0-3886):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2018-05-01
  • DICOM browser compatibility code added for python3 
  • Attempts to load a VTK geometry file through (File -> Open...) provide better feedback
  • Better handling of DICOM slope/intercept rescaling
Download:Linux 64-bit:
​2017-11-29: MicroView 2.5.0-rc18 Release (2.5.0-3842):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2018-02-01
  • Upgraded to Python 2.7.14 for Windows platform builds
  • DICOMDIR dialog supports selection/loading of multiple series at a time
  • Improvements to adaptive thresholding
  • New scripting feature added
  • Shared memory ITK infrastructure added
  • Additional view layouts added
  • "Reveal in File browser" context menu entry added
  • Preview of image registration tool added
Download:Linux 64-bit:
​2017-08-28: MicroView 2.5.0-rc17 Release (2.5.0-3768):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2017-12-01
  • ​DICOM annotations added
  • Support for pandas added
  • Right-mouse button context menu over 2D viewport added
  • wx Phoenix integration
  • 3mf format reader fixes
  • Add jpeg_ls support to DICOM image reader
  • Add support for Python 3.5 and 3.6 builds
Download:Linux 64-bit:​
2017-05-29: MicroView 2.5.0-rc16 Release (2.5.0-3664):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2017-09-01
  • Slanted edge MTF tool added to CT tools plugin
  • Minor DICOM reader improvements
  • Changes to volume renderer to assist with saving/restoring look-up tables
  • Spreadsheets can now be saved to disk
  • Various improvements to dynamic code loader - MicroView installation size reduced on all platforms
  • Improvements to bone analysis: SMI tool added
  • Standard anatomical labels added to 2D image viewports (use 'o' key to toggle on/off)
  • Bug fixes to Advanced ROI tool (applies to save/restore of slice contours that were recorded on oblique slices or slices other than z-axis)
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2017-02-28: MicroView 2.5.0-rc15 Release (2.5.0-3557):

Improvements:
  • Demo extended until 2017-06-01
  • Experimental build with Python 2.7.13 and VTK 7.0
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2016-12-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc14 Release (2.5.0-3448):

Improvements:
  • Better support for dynamic downloading of content
  • Demo extended until 2017-03-01
Download: ​
​2016-10-06: MicroView 2.5.0-rc13 Release (2.5.0-3380):

Improvements:
  • Bug fixes for stereology
  • Bug fixes related to download/installation of dynamic content
  • Bug fixes to region grow tool
  • wxPhoenix portability changes
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2016-09-21: MicroView 2.5.0-rc12 Release (2.5.0-3356):

Improvements:
  • Bug fixes for stereology
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2016-09-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc11 Release (2.5.0-3351):
(Second upload 2016-09-06)

Changelog:
  • Extend demo date to 2016-12-01
  • Hotfix of a python27.dll startup error on Win64
Improvements:
  • CUDA 8.0 support added
  • Bone analysis bug fixes
  • ITK matrix support added
  • Movie maker fixes
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2016-05-31: MicroView 2.5.0-rc10 Release (2.5.0-3305):

Changelog:
  • Extend demo date to 2016-09-01
Improvements:
  • Rewrite of manual thresholding code
  • DICOM browse dialog modifications to support streaming support
  • Rolling ball implemented in line-profiling tool
  • Angle display during image re-orientation added
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2016-03-31: MicroView 2.5.0-rc9 Release (2.5.0-3243):

Changelog:
  • Extend demo date to 2016-06-01
Improvements:
  • Size reduction: close to 50% reduction in disk and memory footprint
  • VFF reader: Support for non-z-axis 2D image slices added
  • DICOM: reading of multi-slice dicom meta info is faster
  • Improved drag&drop support - plugins now respond to D&D over the plugin window
  • Spreadsheet display:
    • Experimental SQL-query capability added
    • Column rename added
  • Geometry tool:
    • object rename function added
  • Logging cleanup
Download: 2016-02-04: MicroView 2.5.0-rc8 Release (2.5.0-3140):

Changelog:
  • Extend demo date to 2016-04-01
Improvements:
  • VTK-7 updates
  • Python 3 portability updates
  • DICOM speed improvements
  • Application loading speed improvements
  • Image transfer plugin improvements: DICOM push, Orthanc REST interface push added
Download: 2015-12-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc7 Release (2.5.0-3089):

Changelog:
  • Extend demo date to 2016-02-01
  • ​Fixes to Advanced ROI tool: interactions on slices other than z-slice were broken
Improvements:
  • Support for Fedora 23 added
  • DICOM: patient orientation labelling should be correct for all images now (switch internally to using the new vtkDICOM library)
  • Volume Renderer: opacity-based picker re-enabled
  • Geometry Manager: added ability to apply transforms to geometries
  • Parallel display option added
  • Drag-and-drop a folder of DICOM images now generates DICOMDIR and launches series picker
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​2015-09-30: MicroView 2.5.0-rc6 Release (2.5.0-3040):

Changelog:
  • L3D image reader bug fixes
  • VTK 6.2 compatibility bug fixes
  • Bug fixes to basic bone analysis tool
Improvements:
  • Widget scrolling enabled to improve display on small screens
  • Camera plugin now displays in mm or pixels
  • Demo for plugins extended to Dec 1, 2015
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​2015-07-31: MicroView 2.5.0-rc5 Release (2.5.0-2999):

Changelog:
  • OpenSSL upgraded (this means 32-bit Windows build now requires SP3)
Improvements:
  • VTK 6.2 compatibility bug fixes
  • Point-picker speed-up
  • Demo for plugins extended to Oct 1, 2015
  • Internal work to support image registration/image fusion
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​2015-06-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc4 Release (2.5.0-2920):

Changelog:

Improvements:
  • Support for Orthanc image servers added
  • Layout fixes - improved look on smaller screens
  • Improvements to support DICOM image orientation (origin upper left) vs. VTK orientation (origin lower left)
Download: 2015-04-09: MicroView 2.5.0-rc3 Release (2.5.0-2799):

Changelog:

Improvements:
  • Fixes to licensing code
  • Improved integration between point picker and ROI tools
  • Image Info: search filters added to display output
  • Volume Renderer: LUT table selection persistence
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2015-04-01: MicroView 2.5.0-rc2 Release (2.5.0-2772):

Changelog:

Improvements:
  • Plugin demos extended until June 1, 2015
  • Installer script improvements: old plugins now deleted during installation
  • DICOM header info now maintained on a slice-by-slice basis
  • Serial ROI tool: save to dicom tag now supported
  • Limited formatting options added for Excel 2007 format spreadsheets
  • Online documentation added
  • ZODB retired - multiple intances of MicroView now supported again
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2015-03-09: MicroView 2.5.0-rc1 Release (2.5.0-2703):

Changelog:

Improvements:
  • Release candidate 1 - first release without a main application demo timeout
  • Plugin demos extended until April 1, 2015
  • File-based logging added
  • DICOM anonymizer added to image info plugin
  • DICOMDIR boostrap mechanism added
  • NRRD image support added (read-only)
  • Improved inter-plugin connectivity
  • Preliminary Ultrasonix image format reader added
Fixes:
  • 't' key over 2D viewport fix
  • histogram fixes

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