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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/MBAT

Workflow environment bringing together heterogenous, online biological image resources, a user's image data and biological atlases in a concise, unified and intuitive workspace. The MBAT viewer displays multiple images on a single virtual canvas allowing easy side-by-side comparisons and image compositing. MBAT is written in Java so it is platform independent and is highly extensible through it's plugin architecture. MBAT integrates three distinct workspaces for online search, image alignment (registration) and image display: * Search Workspace: able to submit a query to multiple databases simultaneously and online literature searches. * Registration Workspace: performs 2D landmark based registration. * Viewer Workspace: displays & composites images and image volumes using high performance graphics hardware. * Atlas Viewer: allows navigation and interrogation of volumetric atlases. * Hierarchy Editor: create logical groupings of atlas labels.

Proper citation: Mouse BIRN Atlasing Toolkit (RRID:SCR_002814) Copy   

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http://www.umc.edu/Administration/Centers_and_Institutes/Center_for_Psychiatric_Neuroscience/Core_Research_Resources.aspx

Core facility that provides access to psychiatrically characterized post-mortem brain specimens, state-of-the-art equipment, cutting-edge technologies and the technical advice of highly trained faculty members who serve as Core Directors. The sophisticated imaging systems and biotechnologically advanced molecular core resources are provided on a shared-use basis to CPN and UMMC researchers. The CPN Research Resources Cores include the Human Brain Collection Core, Animal Core, Imaging Core, Molecular Biology Core, and Information Technologies Core.

Proper citation: UMMC Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience Labs and Facilities (RRID:SCR_002688) Copy   

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http://www.wanprc.org/

Center that aims to provide an environment to support biomedical research directed towards human health issues and nonhuman primate health and biology. To meet this mission, the WaNPRC supports biomedical research activities, professional research staff, specifically bred and maintained nonhuman primate colonies, and dedicated facilities and equipment required for nonhuman primate research protocols.

Proper citation: Washington National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_002761) Copy   

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http://www.hms.harvard.edu/NEPRC/

THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. Documented on May 12,2023. A U.S. Regional Primate Research Center that focuses on AIDS, cancer, neuropsychiatric disorders, drug addiction, and neurodegenerative disease. The Division of Primate Resources provides researchers with the services and facilities to support biomedical research. It offers a broad spectrum of services ranging from analysis of tissue specimens to partnership investigations with leading biomedical research institutions. Outside investigators have access to tissue specimens, organs, blood, skeletal structures, and viral specimens. Services include veterinary services, animals and animal care, surgical and radiographic services, timed mating, biocontainment, pathology services, and professional and technical expertise. Additional diagnostic and research services at NEPRC include testing for antiviral antibodies, DNA cloning, and DNA sequencing. The colony of nine species includes rhesus macaques and other Old World monkeys and New World species including the common marmoset and squirrel monkey. Other species can be obtained. Animals with exceptional characteristics (specific-pathogen-free, timed pregnancy, surgically altered, etc.) can be made available if needed. Scientists wishing to conduct research at the center must have projects reviewed and approved by the center animal allocation committee.

Proper citation: New England National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_002887) Copy   

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http://cytoscape.org

Software platform for complex network analysis and visualization. Used for visualization of molecular interaction networks and biological pathways and integrating these networks with annotations, gene expression profiles and other state data.

Proper citation: Cytoscape (RRID:SCR_003032) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/Pipeline

A free workflow application primarily aimed at neuroimaging researchers that allows users to easily describe their executables in a graphical user interface (ie. create a module) and connect them together to create complex analyses all without having to code a single line in a scripting language. The Pipeline Client runs on your PC/Mac/Linux computer upon which you can create sophisticated processing workflows using a variety of commonly available executable tools (e.g. FSL, AIR, FreeSurfer, AFNI, Diffusion Toolkit, etc). The Distributed Pipeline Server can be installed on your Linux cluster and you can submit processing jobs directly to your own compute systems. Once you����??ve created a module for use in the LONI Pipeline, you can save it into your personal library and reuse it in other workflows you create by simply dragging and dropping it in. Because the LONI Pipeline is written in Java, you can work in whatever operating system suits you best. If there are tools that you need that can only work on another operating system, you can install a Pipeline server on that computer and connect from your client to do processing and analysis remotely.

Proper citation: LONI Pipeline Processing Environment (RRID:SCR_001161) Copy   

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http://www.itk.org

Open source, cross platform library that provides developers with extensive suite of software tools for image analysis. Developed through extreme programming methodologies, ITK builds on proven, spatially oriented architecture for processing, segmentation, and registration of scientific images in two, three, or more dimensions.

Proper citation: Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (RRID:SCR_001149) Copy   

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http://www.usc.edu/dept/biomed/UTRC/

Biomedical technology research center focusing on the development of very high frequency (above 20 MHz) ultrasonic transducers/arrays for applications in medicine and biology that include ophthalmology, dermatology, vascular surgery, and small animal imaging. The research is pursued simultaneously in three directions: novel piezoelectric materials, very high frequency single element transducers and linear arrays, and finite element modeling and material property measurements. The Center also serves the community through collaborative efforts with investigators having a research interest in high-frequency ultrasound imaging. In addition, it performs the function of training and information dissemination by offering conferences, seminars and specialized courses at the University of Southern California. The Center has set forth a number of goals which define its mission: * Conduct novel research and development of very high frequency (>20MHz) ultrasonic transducers, arrays and imaging applications * Collaborate with other academic institutions, non-profit organizations, and small businesses supported by the NIH to further the development of these high-frequency applications and provide the expertise in transducers necessary for project success * Serve as an educational center for training scientists and engineers interested in ultrasonic transducer technology One of the primary goals of the Center is to provide service to outside investigators and small business. Often an investigator or company has a specific application in mind but is without the expertise to develop the necessary ultrasonic device. Investigators at academic institutions, research institutes, or small businesses supported by NIH grants who have a need for medical ultrasound transducers and are interested in a collaborative effort should contact Dr. Hyung Ham Kim or Dr. K. Kirk Shung. Ultrasound transducers and components can be fabricated either completely by center personnel or in a joint effort with other investigators. In addition, collaborators are encouraged to visit the facility for additional training in fabrication and assembly.

Proper citation: Resource Center for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer Technology (RRID:SCR_001404) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/LOVE

A versatile 1D, 2D and 3D data viewer geared for cross-platform visualization of stereotactic brain data. It is a 3-D viewer that allows volumetric data display and manipulation of axial, sagittal and coronal views. It reads Analyze, Raw-binary and NetCDF volumetric data, as well as, Multi-Contour Files (MCF), LWO/LWS surfaces, atlas hierarchical brain-region labelings ( Brain Trees). It is a portable Java-based software, which only requires a Java interpreter and a 64 MB of RAM memory to run on any computer architecture. LONI_Viz allows the user to interactively overlay and browse through several data volumes, zoom in and out in the axial, sagittal and coronal views, and reports the intensities and the stereo-tactic voxel and world coordinates of the data. Expert users can use LONI_Viz to delineate structures of interest, e.g., sulcal curves, on the 3 cardinal projections of the data. These curves then may be use to reconstruct surfaces representing the topological boundaries of cortical and sub-cortical regions of interest. The 3D features of the package include a SurfaceViewer and a full real-time VolumeRenderer. These allow the user to view the relative positions of different anatomical or functional regions which are not co-planar in any of the axial, sagittal or coronal 2D projection planes. The interactive part of LONI_Viz features a region drawing module used for manual delineation of regions of interest. A series of 2D contours describing the boundary of a region in projection planes (axial, sagittal or coronal) could be used to reconstruct the surface-representation of the 3D outer shell of the region. The latter could then be resliced in directions complementary to the drawing-direction and these complementary contours could be loaded in all tree cardinal views. In addition the surface object could be displayed using the SurfaceViewer. A pre-loading data crop and sub-sampling module allows the user to load and view practically data of any size. This is especially important when viewing cryotome, histological or stained data-sets which may reach 1GB (109 bytes) in size. The user could overlay several pre-registered volumes, change intensity colors and ranges and the inter-volume opacities to visually inspect similarities and differences between the different subjects/modalities. Several image-processing aids provide histogram plotting, image-smoothing, etc. Specific Features: * Region description DataBase * Moleculo-genetic database * Brain anatomical data viewer * BrainMapper tool * Surface (LightWave objects/scenes) and Volume rendering tools * Interactive Contour Drawing tool Implementation Issues: * Applet vs. Application - the software is available as both an applet and a standalone application. The former could be used to browse data from within the LONI database, however, it imposes restrictions on file-size, Internet connection and network-bandwidth and client/server file access. The later requires a local install and configuration of the LONI_Viz software * Extendable object-oriented code (Java), computer architecture independent * Complete online software documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/LONI_Viz and a Java-Class documentation is available at http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~dinov/LONI_Vis.dir/doc/LONI_Viz_Java_Docs.html

Proper citation: LONI Visualization Tool (RRID:SCR_000765) Copy   

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https://skyline.gs.washington.edu/labkey/project/home/software/Skyline/begin.view

Software tool as Windows client application for targeted proteomics method creation and quantitative data analysis. Open source document editor for creating and analyzing targeted proteomics experiments. Used for large scale quantitative mass spectrometry studies in life sciences.

Proper citation: Skyline (RRID:SCR_014080) Copy   

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http://www.nitrc.org/projects/laplacebeltrami/

A filter which allows the Laplace-Beltrami operator to determine surface harmonics in terms of PointData at each vertex. It determines the requested N most significant harmonics of a surface.

Proper citation: Laplace Beltrami Filter on QuadEdge Meshes (RRID:SCR_014133) Copy   

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http://www.primate.wisc.edu/

Research center aimed towards increasing understanding of basic primate biology and improving human health and quality of life. Its goals include helping discover treatments, preventative measures and cures for human disease; gathering knowledge of primate biology and ecosystems; providing resources to scientists world wide; and collecting and disseminating research to the larger scientific community and public.

Proper citation: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (RRID:SCR_012987) Copy   

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http://proteogenomics.musc.edu/ma/musc_madb.php?page=home&act=manage

Database that is a repository for DNA microarray data generated by MUSC investigators as well as researchers in the global research community.

Proper citation: MUSC DNA Microarray Database (RRID:SCR_010977) Copy   

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http://bmsr.usc.edu/software/lysis/

Interactive software of a set of modular programs (each performing a specific task) that provide an integrated computing environment for data analysis and system modeling. Unique capabilities of LYSIS include input-output nonlinear system modeling and the novel methodology of Principal Dynamic Modes (PDMs). LYSIS is currently available in two versions: one for LYSIS 7.1 Windows and one for LYSIS 7.2 Matlab. Early versions are also available for UNIX environments, distributed as source code that can be compiled for each UNIX implementation (e.g., Solaris, HPUX, Linux). Specific features of LYSIS that cannot be found in commercially available packages include the efficient kernel estimation using Laguerre expansions and the use of Principal Dynamic Modes (PDMs). These enable input-output modeling of dynamic nonlinear systems with relatively short data-records (even in the presence of considerable noise). System Requirements * Operating System ** Windows XP/Vista/7 ** Sun/Unix: Solaris 2.x

Proper citation: LYSIS (RRID:SCR_001385) Copy   

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http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc-software/scirun.html

A Problem Solving Environment (PSE) for modeling, simulation and visualization of scientific problems. SCIRun now includes the biomedical components formally released as BioPSE, as well as BioMesh3D. BioMesh3D is a free, easy to use program for generating quality meshes for the use in biological simulations. The most recent stable release is version 4.6.

Proper citation: SCIRun (RRID:SCR_002541) Copy   

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http://beetlebase.org/

A centralized sequence database and community resource for Tribolium genetics, genomics and developmental biology containing genomic sequence scaffolds mapped to 10 linkage groups, genetic linkage maps, the official gene set, Reference Sequences from NCBI (RefSeq), predicted gene models, ESTs and whole-genome tiling array data representing several developmental stages. The current version of Beetlebase is built on the Tribolium castaneum 3.0 Assembly (Tcas 3.0) released by the Human Genome Sequencing Center at the Baylor College of Medicine. The database is constructed using the upgraded Generic Model Organism Database (GMOD) modules. The genomic data is stored in a PostgreSQL relational database using the Chado schema and visualized as tracks in GBrowse. The genetic map is visualized using the comparative genetic map viewer CMAP. To enhance search capabilities, the BLAST search tool has been integrated with the GMOD tools. Tribolium castaneum is a very sophisticated genetic model organism among higher eukaryotes. As the member of a primitive order of holometabolous insects, Coleoptera, Tribolium is in a key phylogenetic position to understand the genetic innovations that accompanied the evolution of higher forms with more complex development. Coleoptera is also the largest and most species diverse of all eukaryotic orders and Tribolium offers the only genetic model for the profusion of medically and economically important species therein. The genome sequences may be downloaded.

Proper citation: BeetleBase (RRID:SCR_001955) Copy   

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http://www.loni.usc.edu/Software/ShapeTools

Software library that is a collection of Java classes that enable Java programmers to model, manipulate and visualize geometric shapes and associated data values. It simplifies the creation of application programs by providing a ready-made set of support routines. * File format readers that implement ShapeIO interface (modeled after Java ImageIO) are automatically used when appropriate. * Storage of additional metadata of arbitrary type (other than shape vertices and interconnections) is enabled by the use of data attributes. * Shapes may contain a set of child shapes allowing for the construction and manipulation of complex hierarchies of shapes. * The various components of a shape are specified as interfaces with specific implementations, making it easy to create specialized implementations of a shape component when different performance characteristics are required.

Proper citation: LONI ShapeTools (RRID:SCR_002697) Copy   

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.592960

Image reconstruction software for MRI. Its library provides common operations on multi-dimensional arrays, Fourier and wavelet transforms, as well as generic implementations of iterative optimization algorithms.

Proper citation: Berkeley Advanced Reconstruction Toolbox (RRID:SCR_016168) Copy   

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http://www.informatics.jax.org/home/recombinase

Curated data about all recombinase-containing transgenes and knock-ins developed in mice providing a comprehensive resource delineating known activity patterns and allows users to find relevant mouse resources for their studies.

Proper citation: Recombinase (cre) Activity (RRID:SCR_006585) Copy   

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https://open.med.harvard.edu/display/SHRINE/Community

Software providing a scalable query and aggregation mechanism that enables federated queries across many independently operated patient databases. This platform enables clinical researchers to solve the problem of identifying sufficient numbers of patients to include in their studies by querying across distributed hospital electronic medical record systems. Through the use of a federated network protocol, SHRINE allows investigators to see limited data about patients meeting their study criteria without compromising patient privacy. This software should greatly enable population-based research, assessment of potential clinical trials cohorts, and hypothesis formation for followup study by combining the EHR assets across the hospital system. In order to obtain the maximum number of cases representing the study population, it is useful to aggregate patient facts across as many sites as possible. Cutting across institutional boundaries necessitates that each hospital IRB remain in control, and that their local authority is recognized for each and every request for patient data. The independence, ownership, and legal responsibilities of hospitals predetermines a decentralized technical approach, such as a federated query over locally controlled databases. The application comes with the SHRINE Core Ontology but it can be used with any ontology, even one that is disease specific. The Core Ontology is designed to enable the widest range of studies possible using facts gathered in the EMR during routine patient care. SHRINE allows multiple ontologies to be used for different research purposes on the same installed systems.

Proper citation: SHRINE (RRID:SCR_006293) Copy   

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