MeVisLab 1.6.1

MeVis Research develops scientific methods and software for computer assistance in medicine in general and radiology in particular, including computer aided diagnosis, therapy planning and monitoring, and computer aided teaching and training.
One of the main goals of MeVis Research is to achieve practically useful solutions to clinically relevant problems, incorporating state of the art knowledge from the natural sciences, computer science and mathematics.

System requirements:
- Macintosh computer with Intel Core processor; 1 GB RAM.
- ATI or NVIDIA graphics processor; 1200x800 screen resolution.
- 2 GB of available hard disk space.
- Apple Xcode 2.4.1 or later for module development.

Enhancements:
- New welcome screen for MeVisLab.
- Automatic detection of usable screen space.
- New integrated TextEditor (called MATE) with syntax highlighting, indention, completion and a context sensitive help (F1, ⌘+?).
- Note: Currently, MATE uses latin-1 encoding for text files on all platforms
- Advanced JavaScript and Python completion.
- Context sensitive help (F1, ⌘+?).
- MLAB.showInformation()
- MLAB.showWarning()
- MLAB.showCritical()
- MLAB.showQuestion()
- MLAB.computerModelInfo()
- MLAB.[macro|ml|inventor]Modules(), MLAB.all[Macro|ML|Inventor]Modules()
- MLABFileManager.moveFileToTrash()
- Fixed writing of bad .pyc files when .py files have a syntax error.
- Fixed auto-reloading of modules when a python file was changed after it had a syntax error.
- Python errors are now printed with the courier font so allow locating the ^ marker in syntax errors.
- If a MDL command is connected to a Python function/method, the Python function may now have less arguments than the command provides. Surplus arguments are ignored.
- TextView now supports showLineNumbers = BOOL and syntaxHighlighing = (Python|QSA|MDL|GLSL).
- LineEdit: new command lostFocusCommand.
- Module wizard for ML modules improved with many new features and tooltips with references into detail documentation of ML Guide.
- Now the Toolbox Reference uses improved doxygen layout, many classes and files have better, fixed or completed documentation and alphabetical class index.
- WEM library reworked: a WEM is now actually a list of WEMPatches of different type (WEMTrianglePatch, WEMQuadPatch or WEMPolygonPatch).
- Split the WEM library into a core part and into a modules part (MLWEM and MLWEMModules).
- Removed: WEMBrowser, WEMClip, WEMMerge
- Renamed: WEMCollapseEdges -> WEMReducePolygons
- Renamed: WEMSplitEdges -> WEMSubdivide
- Renamed: WEMPurge -> WEMDemergePatches
- Use WEMInfo instead of the removed WEMBoundingBox
- Use BaseSwitch instead of the removed WEMSwitch
- Split the CSO library into a core part and into a modules part (MLCSO and MLCSOModules).
- Reworked CSOConvertToImage: this module works now with a page-based concept and has a OnDemand mode.
- New processors: CSOModifyProcessor and CSOBulgeProcessor, both to modify existing CSOs.
- New processor: CSOLiveWireProcessor for a semi-automatic segmentation.
- SoView2DCSOEditor displays closed and fully visible CSOs in a filled manner.
- CSOIsoGenerator offers several filtering and smoothing options.
- SoGVRVolRen no longer supports legacy hardware LUTs (using EXT_paletted_texture) , which was last seen on NVidia GeForce3 cards (but rendering still works on these cards).
- SoGVRSecondaryLUT and SoGVRSecondaryVolume support a variable number of LUTs and additional octree volumes in the renderer.
- SoGVRTransformedVolume and SoGVRTransformedVolumeSettings allow so set additional volumes as 3D textures.
- SoGVRShaderDiagnosis allows to view the shaders which the GVR generates.
- SoShader: fixes and new modules
- Shader modules now have GLSL syntax highlighting.
- Added SoMLSampler1D and SoMLSamplerCubeMap.
- AccumulateImage: Accumulates images (MPRs) in one image.
- PointCloudToMask: Converts a list of pairs of points and normals (surface) to a smoothed distance image or a 3D mask.
- TextureFilter: Applies statistic texture filters to an image.
- MarkerStat: Computes statistical information on a marker list.
- DtfSkeletonization: 3D distance transformation by homotopic thinning, skeletonization (replaces module Skeletonization).
- SoCameraAnimation: Rotates a camera around an Inventor scene in a smooth pan.
- SoMLLUTChangeColor: Modifies output of SoMLLUT modules.
- SoMLSampler1D, SoMLSamplerCubeMap: similar to SoMLSampler2D and SoMLSampler3D.
- BaseBypass: Like the Bypass module just for Base inputs.
- OSType: Provides basic operating system information.
- SoBoundingBoxVis: Computes and visualizes an axis aligned bounding box for an arbitrary OpenInventor scene.
- SoVascularSystem: visualizes vascular systems (vessel graphs) generated by DtfSkeletonization.
- ColorModelConvert: Now supports color models LAB and XYZ.
- CoreControl: Has been extended.
- DistFromXMarkerList: Added calculation of maximum distance.
- EuclideanDTF: Has been re-implemented.
- FuzzyCluster: Has been re-worked.
- HistogramParameters: Calculates a second user defined quantile.
- ImgLoad: automatic load can be suppressed.
- ImgPropConvert: Voxel Size and World Matrix are now kept consistent even with no input image connected.
- Fixed a bug that could cause a 1-voxel translation of output regions created as intersections or unions of input images for non-diagonal world matrices.
- Fixed a potential problem in output world matrix creation for merging regions in color images.
- Improved UI.
- MPR, MPRPath: Got new visualization parameters.
- Reformat: Added a field for the Euler angles.
- RegionGrowing: Added 4D capabilities.
- Sobel3D: Fields have been renamed.
- StringUtils: New mode ToASCII added for conversion of character values to ASCII numbers.
- Switch: Now up to 25 inputs are available.
- So3DXMarker: Has two drawing modes now: fast or correct.
- SoDepthPeelRenderer: Has been reworked and should produce better results.
- All help files and example networks have been reworked.
- SoView2D: Added field "sliceZoomSynchronized" which updates the slice-origin when zooming. This allows to keep the viewing center in the middle of the view when updating the sliceZoom via a field synchronization.
- SoView2D: Added field "updateInventorEvent". If this is set to "true", the following inventor nodes will not react to events that have been handled by a SoView2DExtensions.
- SoView2D: New field "plane" contains the plane of the current slice.
- SoView2DAnnotation: Some fields introduced to get a reliable automatic font sizing.
- SoView2DMarkerEditor: Added option "snapToSlice" to translate any moved marker to the current slice.
- BoolInt: Also returns inverted bool value.
- DicomTool: Can take name template for file names.
- MarkerListInspector: Lots of new options.
MeVisLab changes:
- MeVisLab does no longer run on PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. This release has been optimized to run on Macintosh computers with an Intel processor.
- Added Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) compatibility; MeVisLab 1.6 runs on Mac OS X 10.4.11 or 10.5.x
- Added Restart With Current Networks feature (File menu).
- Improved handling of non-latin1 language settings.
- Added multiple instances support, now more than one MeVisLab application can be used at the same time.
- Added command-line support (cmdline license feature required).
- Added Mac OS X Spotlight metadata importer (MeVisLabDocuments.mdimporter) that allows indexing of uncrypted MeVisLab script (.script) and definition files (.def).
- Added Mac OS X Quick Look generator (MeVisLabDocuments.qlgenerator) for MeVisLab network files (.mlab) that enables previewing of MeVisLab networks. It requires networks to be saved by MeVisLab running on Mac OS X 10.5 (the preview gets added to the resource fork of the MeVisLab network file, thus does not affect loading and parsing of the network).
- Added Mac OS X Quick Look support for MeVisLab script (.script) and definition files (.def) via standard Quick Look generators for text on Mac OS X 10.5.
- Adapted shortcuts to be more consistent on Mac OS X.
- Autodetect amount of video RAM on the graphics card (used by the volume renderer and other GPU-intensive tasks).
- PowerPC sections removed
- Spotlight importer plugin added
- Quick Look integration added
- Setup of User Projects Location added
- Using the Module Wizards added
- Creating an Xcode project from a .pro file updated
- Debugging MeVisLab modules with Xcode added
- Developing on Leopard for Tiger added
- Obtaining Source Codes of MeVisLab Modules added
- Integrating MeVisLab with OsiriX added
- Added Mac OS X 10.5 compatibility. There are separate installers for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and Mac
- OS X 10.5 (Leopard). Please choose the appropriate installer for your Mac OS X version.
- Added an experimental bridge between MeVisLab and OsiriX 3.0 (Advanced Mac OS X PACS Viewer) consisting of the OsiriXMeVisLabBridge plugin for OsiriX 3.0 and the MeVisLab module OsiriXBridge. This bridge enables OsiriX to send datasets directly to the MeVisLab imaging pipeline using a standard ImgLoad module (see the example network of the OsiriXBridge module). After processing the dataset, MeVisLab may send the modified data back to OsiriX. The plugin and the module require Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The source codes of both the plugin and the module are included in the MeVisLab public sources package
- Added check for user interaction in volume renderer (GVR); rendering large volumes should be more responsive now.
- Added MLAB.macIsApplicationRunning(bundleId)
- Added MacOSSupport SDK that wraps Mac OS X specific functionality in C++ classes. See the MeVisLab Toolbox Reference.
- Added AppleScript xcode-prepare-debug.applescript to automatically setup an MeVisLab module Xcode project for debugging (located within the MeVisLab.app bundle in /Contents/SharedSupport/Scripts/).