Monday, November, 23, 2009

3DIVE (3D Interactive Volume Explorer)

A 3DIVE rendering of the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human data set.

3DIVE is a visualization tool for interactively displaying and manipulating volumetric data. It has been developed by the AVL in association with the IUPUI Computer Science Department and several interested groups within the IU School of Medicine.

3DIVE is the first immersive volume visualization environment (we know of) to implement the concept of volumetric regions. Some of the region-based functionality 3DIVE incorporates includes interactive image processing, transfer function design and editing and 2D slicing. A collaborative module is also being explored and should be available soon.

3DIVE currently accepts 8-bit intensity data or 32-bit rgba data. These data sets can be collected or generated from a variety of sources. Some of the more common include MR and CT scans, confocal microscopy and "in-house" volume graphics techniques (such as volumetric CSG methods). This allows users to easily import their data. Several data sets are currently available. These include a chimp head, human spine, kidney, brain, microtubules, actin and portions of the visible human headset.

This is a continuing effort at the lab. For more information about this application, please consult the 3DIVE documentation. To schedule a demo or to discuss using the package, please contact us.

Also see

External related initiatives

  • Cave5D - CAVE-based visulization environment
  • OpenGL Volumzier - C++ API for region-based volume rendering and manipulation