Designed especially for neurobiologists, FluoRender is an interactive tool for multi-channel fluorescence microscopy data visualization and analysis.
Deep brain stimulation
BrainStimulator is a set of networks that are used in SCIRun to perform simulations of brain stimulation such as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and magnetic transcranial stimulation (TMS).
Developing software tools for science has always been a central vision of the SCI Institute.

SCI Publications

1999


T. Udeshi, C.D. Hansen. “Towards Interactive Photo-Realistic Rendering of Indoor Scenes: A Hybrid Approach,” In Proceedings of the Tenth Eurographics Workshop on Rendering, pp. 63--76. June, 1999.



T. Udeshi, C.D. Hansen. “Parallel Multipipe Rendering for Very Large Isosurface Visualization,” In Joint EUROGRAPHICS - IEEE TCCG Symposium on Visualization, 1999.



S. Vyazovkin, C.A. Wight. “Kinetics of Thermal Decomposition of Cubic Ammonium Perchlorate,” In Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 11, No. 11, pp. 3386--3393. October, 1999.
DOI: 10.1021/cm9904382

ABSTRACT

The methods of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimettry (DSC) have been used to study the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate (AP). TGA curves obtained under both isothermal and nonisothermal conditions show a characteristic slowdown at the extents of conversion, α = 0.30-0.35. DSC demonstrates that in this region the process changes from an exothermic to an endothermic regime. The latter is ascribed to dissociative sublimation of AP. A new computational technique (advanced isoconversional method) has been used to determine the dependence of the effective activation energy (Eα) on α for isothermal and nonisothermal TGA data. At α > 0.1, the Eα dependencies obtained from isothermal and nonisothermal data are similar. By the completion of decomposition (α → 1) the activation energy for the isothermal and nonisothermal decomposition respectively rises to ∼110 and ∼130 kJ mol-1, which are assigned to the activation energy of sublimation. The initial decomposition (α → 0) shows the activation energy of 90 kJ mol-1 for the isothermal decomposition and 130 kJ mol-1 for the nonisothermal decomposition. The difference is explained by different rate-limiting steps, which are nucleation and nuclei growth for isothermal and nonisothermal decompositions, respectively.



H.F. Walker. “An Adaptation of Krylov Subspace Methods to Path Following Problems,” In SIAM journal on scientific computing, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 1191--1198. 1999.
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827597315376

ABSTRACT

A procedure is outlined for adapting Krylov subspace methods to solving approximately the underdetermined linear systems that arise in path following (continuation, homotopy) methods. This procedure, in addition to preserving the usual desirable features of Krylov subspace methods, has the advantages of satisfying orthogonality constraints exactly and of not introducing ill-conditioning through poor scaling.



B. Walter, G. Drettakis, S.G. Parker. “Interactive Rendering Using the Render Cache,” In Rendering techniques '99 (Proceedings of the10thEurographics Workshop on Rendering), Vol. 10, Springer-Verlag/Wien, New York pp. 235--246. 1999.



M. Walkley, M. Berzins. “A finite element model for the one-dimensional extended Boussinesq equations,” In International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 29, pp. 143--157. 1999.



J.A. Weiss, L.E. Paulos. “Mechanical Testing of Ligament Fixation Devices,” In Techniques in Orthopaedics, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 14--21. 1999.



D.M. Weinstein, G. Kindlmann, E. Lundberg. “Tensorlines: Advection-Diffusion Based Propagation Through Diffusion Tensor Fields,” In IEEE Visualization, pp. 249--253. 1999.



D.M. Weinstein, L. Zhukov, C.R. Johnson. “Lead Field Basis for FEM Source Localization,” School of Computing Technical Report, No. UUCS-99-014, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT October, 1999.



D.M. Weinstein, G. Kindlmann, E. Lundberg. “Stream Bundles - Cohesive Advection through Flow Fields,” University of Utah Technical Report, No. UUCS-99-005, School of Computing, 1999.



L. Zhukov, D.M. Weinstein, C.R. Johnson. “Independent Component Analysis For EEG Source Localization In Realistic Head Models,” In Third International Conference on Inverse Problems in Engineering, 1999.


1998


O. Alter, Y. Yamamoto. “Impossibility of Determining the Unknown Wavefunction of a Single Quantum System: Quantum Non-Demolition Measurements, Measurements without Entanglement and Adiabatic Measurements,” In Fortschritte der Physik, Vol. 46, No. 6-8, pp. 817--827. November, 1998.



C.L. Bajaj, V. Pascucci, R.J. Holt, A.N. Netravali. “Dynamic Maintenance and Visualization of Molecular Surfaces,” In Proceedings of the 10th Canadian Conference on Computational Geometry (CCCG), Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Edited by Mike Soss, School of Computer Science, McGill University, pp. 68--69. August, 1998.



C.L. Bajaj, V. Pascucci, G. Rabbiolo, D.R. Schikore. “Hypervolume Visualization: A Challenge in Simplicity,” In Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Symposium on Volume Visualization, pp. 95--102. 1998.



C.L. Bajaj, V. Pascucci, D.R. Schikore. “Visualization of Scalar Topology for Structural Enhancement,” In Proceedings of the 9th Annual IEEE Conference on Visualization (VIS-98), IEEE Computer Society, New York pp. 51--58. October, 1998.
ISBN: 1-58113-106-2



M. Berzins, P.J. Capon, P.K. Jimack. “On Spatial Adaptivity and Interpolation When Using the Method of Lines,” In Applied Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 26, pp. 117--134. 1998.



M. Berzins. “A Solution-Based Triangular and Tetrahedral Mesh Quality Indicator,” In SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, Vol. 19, pp. 2051--2060. 1998.



M. Berzins, R. Fairlie, S.V. Pennington, J.M. Ware, L.E. Scales. “SPRINT2D: Adaptive Software for PDEs,” In ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 475--499. December, 1998.



A.E. Bowden, R.D. Rabbitt, J.A. Weiss. “Anatomical Registration and Segmentation by Warping Template Finite Element Models,” In Proc. SPIE (Laser-Tissue Interaction IX), Vol. 3254, pp. 469--476. 1998.



J.C. Csernansky, S. Joshi, L. Wang, M. Gado, J.P. Miller, U. Grenander, M.I. Miller. “Hippocampal Morphometry in Schizophrenia by High Dimensional Brain Mapping,” In Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Vol. 95, pp. 11406--11411. September, 1998.