Example Space animations

Mark Dow

Example volumes for Space software

These examples use Space software's native file format (.vol). File formats supported by Space include:

SPM/Analyze 7.5 (.img/.hdr): 8 and 16 bit integer types, and 32 real numbers which are converted to 16 bit integers.

Nifti-1 (.img/.hdr, nii) [Note that the NifTi-1 specification has not been finalized, results may vary]: 8 and 16 bit integer types, and 32 real numbers which are converted to 16 bit integers. No scaling or transform information is used for display.

MetaImage (.mhd/.raw): 8 and 16 bit signed or unsigned integer types, no scaling or transform information used for display. Local and multi-file data references and non-image MetaObjects are not supported.

AVI animations (.avi): read/write with common codices

Space Volume (.vol) native format, 8 and 16 bit grayscale, 8 bit indexed, 24 bit RGB color

Most standard 2-D image formats, with file stem numbering indicating serial images.

For DICOM files, use MRIConvert , or other DICOM conversion programs. MRIcro can convert many machine specific 3-D formats to Analyze 7.5.

To write a 3-D Matlab array to a file readable by Space, use the Matlab script write_Space_volume.m .

These are large volumetric data sets. To download, right click on the file's link and save (Save Target / Save Link As), to the folder of your choice.

MRI finger example volume thumbnail

MRI_finger_joint.vol (10 MB)
MRI_finger_joint.zip (3 MB)

CT foot example volume thumbnail

CT_Foot.vol (6 MB)
CT_Foot.zip (3 MB)

MRI angiogram example volume thumbnail
MIP

MRI_Angiogram.vol (23 MB)
MRI_Angiogram.zip (16 MB)

MRI head example volume thumbnail

MRI_head.vol (11 MB) MRI_head.zip (9 MB)

T1 weighted MRI of head, August 25, 2000, head of Mark Dow. Recorded at the Martinez, CA, VA Hospital on a Picker 1.5T system. Courtesy of the Brain Development Lab , University of Oregon. There are no restrictions on the use of this image/volume.

MRI_knee.vol (6 MB)
MRI_knee.zip (5 MB)

MRI of knee. Data taken on a Siemens Magnetom MRI system and provided courtesy of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc., Iselin, NJ. "MRI of knee." Other information not available.

Data acquired by FTP (omicron.cs.unc.edu:/pub/softlab/CHVRTD) from the Volume Rendering Test Dataset at the SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory of the University of North Carolina.

Chapel Hill Volume Rendering Test Dataset, Volume I
SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory
University of North Carolina
Department of Computer Science
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175

The volume has been cropped, range reduced, bit depth reduced, and rotated from the original. Please cite original source information if distributed.

CT_head.vol (10 MB)
CT_head.zip (5 MB)

CT of head, cadaver. Data taken on a General Electric CT Scanner and provided (to University of North Carolina) courtesy of North Carolina Memorial Hospital. "CT study of cadaver head." Other information not available.

Data acquired by FTP (omicron.cs.unc.edu:/pub/softlab/CHVRTD) from the Volume Rendering Test Dataset at the SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory of the University of North Carolina.

Chapel Hill Volume Rendering Test Dataset, Volume I
SoftLab Software Systems Laboratory
University of North Carolina
Department of Computer Science
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3175

The volume has been cropped, range reduced, bit depth reduced, and rotated from the original. Please cite original source information if distributed.