New version - major beta release is on its way

We added so much functionality during the last weekend sprint on URAPIV_GUI:

1. due to a request of our users at the University of Ben Gurion, Beer Sheva, Israel, we added an option to read MetaMorph TIFF images, using the tiffread function of Francois Nedelec, EMBL, Copyright 1999-2006. [http://www.cytosim.org/other/tiffread.m]
2. we added an option to use RECTANGULAR interrogation windows (64 x 16 pixels, etc.)
3. we added Select Region-of-Interest and Reset Region-of-Interest - smaller windows are available for quick-n-dirty check of your images
4. we added an option (to GUI, lost functionality due to transfer to ETH format of high-speed PIV) to read images named as:
   • bird001a.tif - bird001b.tif
   • bird001_b.tif - bird001_c.tif
   • bird001.tif, bird002.tif, bird00x.tif
5. New look:

 

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.:: January 05, 2008 ::.

New Wiki on the Sourceforge.net

Don’t worry, we will not drop the WordPress blog (which is great) and we like it a lot, but since Sourceforge.net are also progressing, we have added two major features:

1. Subversion control (finally :-))

http://matlabpiv.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matlabpiv/

2. Wiki

http://matlabpiv.wiki.sourceforge.net/Getting+started 

Enjoy it

Note the updated links on the right >>>

Note that we’ve updated the links to the personal websites of the group members.

PIV in vitro, but how soon in vivo?

Biplab Das's blog reports about Smart-PIV project: 

A New Technique To Improve Heart Implants’ Design

A technology used to measure airflow over wings can now be used to keep ailing hearts in good shape. Known as Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system, the technology has been optimised in a way that it could accurately measure the effects of medical implants on blood flow. This new avatar of PIV will help medical device manufacturers to improve the design of artificial implanted devices like heart valves and pumps. At the same time, it will be an indispensable tool for doctors to pin down and correct side-effects that affect patients having such implants.

read more on the original blog >>>