Each of the species pages provides access to launch the Digital Fish Viewer. This is a 3D Java program that has been created for viewing MRI slice data and volume renders, as well as segmented volumetric structures where available.
Digital Fish Viewer integrates 4 important sections :
Slice 2D Viewer: This displays the Horizontal (Dorsal-Ventral), Sagittal (Left-Right), and Axial (Rostral-Caudal) series of MRI slices in individual windows. The slider bars on the right side of the viewer window allow you to scroll through the slices.
Slice 3D Viewer: This displays the Horizontal, Sagittal, and Axial series of MRI slices in the same volume, of which you can elect to display any combination of these at one time. The slider bars on the right allow you to scroll through individual slices in a select orientation.
Volume Viewer: This feature creates a volume rendering of the MRI data. The image contrast, or brightness, of the rendered image can be adjusted with the Contrast Adjustment Level and Window sliders. Note that this also adjusts the contrast in both the Slice 2D and Slice 3D Viewers. The Reset button sets the contrast to its original default values. This window also has the rotate, zoom and move functions described above.
Structure Viewer: This feature displays 3D rendered soft tissue segmentations where available. This window also has the rotate, zoom and move functions described above. Each segmented organ or organ system has a unique color and their identities are labeled in the listed on the right.
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