Visualization

BrainBrowser

BrainBrowser is web-based, 3D visualization tool for neuroimaging. Using web-standard technologies, such as WebGL and HTML5, it allows for real time manipulation and analysis of 3D neuroimaging data whether it be precalculated maps, such as the MACACC data set (Mapping Anatomical Correlations Across Cerebral Cortex), or models provided by the user in MNI object format and data in one of the many currently supported formats (Minc, Nifti, object files, plain text). Please visit our BrainBrowser page for more information.

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Atelier3D is a software suite developed by the Visualization Information Technology group at the National Research Council of Canada. Dr. Louis Borgeat’s team, specialist in visualization of very large 3D models is customizing Atelier3D for the purposes of histological brain datasets. This dataset consists of ~7400 stained sections (~1 Terabyte) of a post-mortem human brain. Atelier3D is used by histologists on two different continents to navigate in real time through this unique model from the full brain to the full resolution micrometer scale seamlessly.

The strengths of Atelier3D are that it can be used to navigate remotely extremely large datasets with no performance hit. It can handle 3D models with hundreds of millions of polygons, in the Terabytes scale size. No visualization farm are used. Only a very fast web data server based on Solid State Drive technologies and distributed Atelier3D clients running on regular Desktops with commodity GPU cards. Multiple representations and image treatments can be achieved locally on the GPU for analysis. Atelier3D also allows multi-user interaction, tele-collaboration and large multi-tiled display demonstrations.