Visage Imaging releases Amira 5.3 single platform brain imaging tool

Amira's entirely new Neuro option contains a comprehensive set of tools for neuroscience research, specifically MR diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) as well as CT and MR brain perfusion imaging. The new option provides efficient calculation of perfusion results as well as analysis and display of multi-channel functional image data including gradients, tensors, and fibre tracking.

Furthermore, Amira 5.3 comes with a large number of new tools and improvements, such as DemoDirector, an easy-to-use graphical front end for creating animations and presentations using the popular DemoMaker module; a largely redesigned set of tools for spreadsheets and statistics; a number of enhancements to the popular FilamentEditor; and a full integration of the widely used Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK) into Amira's Developer Option.

"Amira 5.3 is the most powerful and reliable Amira ever - with hundreds of improvements and dozens of new modules and enhancements, designed in collaboration with leading research institutions all around the world," says Dr. Hartmut Schirmacher, director of product management for Visage Imaging.

Amira 5.3 is available for Windows 32 and 64 bit, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms.

Source: Visage Imaging, Inc.