Avizo (pronounce: 'a-VEE-zo') is a general-purpose commercial software application for scientific and industrial data visualization and analysis.
Avizo is developed by Thermo Fisher Scientific and was originally designed and developed by the Visualization and Data Analysis Group at Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB) under the name Amira. Avizo was commercially released in November 2007. For the history of its development, see the Wikipedia article about Amira.
Overview
Avizo is a software application which enables users to perform interactive visualization and computation on 3D data sets. The Avizo interface is modelled on the visual programming. Users manipulate data and module components, organized in an interactive graph representation (called Pool), or in a Tree view. Data and modules can be interactively connected together, and controlled with several parameters, creating a visual processing network whose output is displayed in a 3D viewer.
With this interface, complex data can be interactively explored and analyzed by applying a controlled sequence of computation and display processes resulting in a meaningful visual representation and associated derived data.
Application areas Avizo has been designed to support different types of applications and workflows from 2D and 3D image data processing to simulations. It is a versatile and customizable visualization tool used in many fields: Scientific visualization Materials Research Tomography, Microscopy, etc. Nondestructive testing, Industrial Inspection, and Visual Inspection Computer-aided EngineeringA VISUAL ANALYTICS APPROACH TO PRELIMINARY TRAJECTORY DESIGN, by Wayne R. Schlei, Kathleen C. Howell – Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics (USA)DATA ACQUISITION FOR A BRIDGE COLLAPSE TEST, by Kurt Veggeberg (National Instruments) – Bridge Model Validation visualization with Avizo and simulation data post-processing Porous medium analysisEvaluation of Asphalt Field Cores with Simple Performance Tester and X-ray Computed Tomography, by Florentina Angela Farca – Division of Highway and Railway Engineering, Department of Transport Science School of Architecture and the Built Environment, Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm (Sweden)3D Quantitative Characterization of Nickel-Yttria-stabilized zirconia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell anode Microstructure in Discharge, by Z Jiao, N Shikazono…Poromechanics Investigation at Pore-scale Using Digital Rock Physics Laboratory, by S Zhang, N Saxena, P Barthelemy, M Marsh… – 2011 Civil Engineering Seismic Exploration, Reservoir Engineering, Microseismic Monitoring, Borehole ImagingCHARACTERIZATION OF HETEROGENEITIES FROM CORE X-RAY SCANS AND BOREHOLE WALL IMAGES IN A REEFAL CARBONATE RESERVOIR: INFLUENCE ON THE POROSITY STRUCTURE, by V. Hebert, C. Garing, P.A. Pezard, P. Gouze, and Y. Maria-Sube (Geosciences Montpellier, CNRS, University of Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France), G. Camoin (CEREGE, CNRS, Aix-en-Provence, France), and P. Lapointe (TOTAL – CSTJF, Pau, France) Geology, Digital Rock Physics (DRP),QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF 3D MELT DISTRIBUTION IN PARTIALLY MOLTEN OLIVINE6BASALT AGGREGATES USING X-RAY SYNCHROTRON MICROTOMOGRAPHY, by Zhu W., Gaetani G. A., Fusseis F. – American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #V33A-2029 IMPROVED METHODOLOGY FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPLEX VUGGY CARBONATE, by A. Bersani, B.B. Bam, F. Radaelli and E. Rossi (ENI E&P) Earth Sciences3-D imaging and quantification of graupel porosity by synchrotron-based micro-tomography, by F. Enzmann (1), M. M. Miedaner (1), M. Kersten (1), N. von Blohn (1), K. Diehl (1), S. Borrmann (1), M. Stampanoni (2), M. Ammann (2), and T. Huthwelker (2) – (1) Earth System Science Research Centre, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz (Germany), (2) Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen-PSI, Villigen (Switzerland)X-Ray Microtomography for Studying 3D Textures of Speleothems Developed inside Historic Walls, by JAVIER MARTÍNEZ-MARTÍNEZ (1,2,*), NICOLETTA FUSI (3), VALENTINA BARBERINI (3), JUAN CARLOS CAÑAVERAS(1,2), GIOVANNI BATTISTA CROSTA (3) – (1) Laboratorio de Petrología Aplicada. Universidad de Alicante (Spain), (2) Dep. Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente. Universidad de Alicante (Spain), (3) Dip. Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie. Università degli Studi di Milano–Bicocca (Italia)PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS FOR THE STABILITY OF VOLCANIC EDIFICES, by Dr. Antonio Pola Villaseñor – Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Facoltà di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche, Naturali Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie)DISCRETE 3D DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION (DIC) USING PARTICLE RECONNAISSANCE, by Rutger C.A. Smit, January 7, 2010 ArchaeologyVISTA Center, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham, UK MAPPING DOGGERLAND: The Mesolithic Landscapes of the Southern North Sea. Archaeopress. Oxford. Gaffney V., Thomson K. and Fitch S. (Eds.) 2007 Food technology and agricultural scienceDIFFERENCES IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE REVEALED BY HIGH RESOLUTION MICRO X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY ARE RELATED TO FRESH AND COOKED MEAT TENDERNESS, by VLAD BRUMFELD* AND DAVID E. GERRARD – Electron Microscopy Unit, The Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, ISRAEL AND Department of Animal & Poultry Sciences Virginia Tech USA Viscoelastic stress-development during drying of corn kernels: a multiscale porous media study from cellular to tissue scales, P S. Takhar, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, International Center for Food Industry Excellence, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (USA) Journey to the centre of an apple. MeBios Biofluidics Group and the Flemish Primitives. Youtube Physics, Chemistry Climatology,Neset, T-S S., Johansson, J. and Linnér, B-O. (eds.) (2009). STATE OF CLIMATE VISUALISATION, CSPR Report N:o 09:04, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, Norrköping, Sweden 2008 Geoinformatics Conference – AVIZO – 3D VISUALIZATION FRAMEWORK -, by Peter Westenberger INTERACTIVE DATA VISUALIZATION WITH FOCUS ON EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH, by Michael Böttinger (DKRZ, German Climate Computing Centre) Simulation of typhoon Morakot (2009), Chinese winter storms (2008) and hurricane Katrina (2005), By Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute (TTFRI). Youtube Oceanography, Environmental Studies Astrophysics
Features Data import: 2D and 3D image stack and volume data: from microscopes (electron, optical),TOPOLOGY OF SPHEROIDIZED PEARLITE, by Yoshitaka Adachi (1) and Yuan Tsung Wang (1) – (1) National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan POROSITY AND PERMEABILITY ANALYSIS ON NANOSCALE FIB-SEM 3D IMAGING OF SHALE ROCK, By Shawn Zhang (1), Robert E. Klimentidis (2), Patrick Barthelemy (1) – (1) Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), (2) ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. X-ray tomography (CT, micro-/nano-CT, synchrotron),CrossBeam Nano-Tomography & 3D Analytics in Research, By Dr. Daniel Kraft – Carl Zeiss SMT neutron tomography and other acquisition devices (MRI, radiography, GPR) Geometric models (such as point sets, line sets, surfaces, grids) Numerical simulation data VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE GREAT SPHINX EROSION, by the VISTA team of Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Cairo, Egypt)COMSOLConference 2009: Drying of Corn Kernels: From Experimental Images to Multiscale Multiphysics Modeling, by Pawan S. Takhar (Texas Tech University) and Shuang Zhang (Visualization Sciences Group), 2009 ETUDE DU REFROIDISSEMENT POSTCOULEE DE REFRACTAIRES ELECTROFONDUS RICHES EN ZIRCONE : OPTIMISATION DES PROCEDES ET DES MICROSTRUCTURES, by L. Laurence, Y. Ding, M. Boussuge, D. Ryckelynck, S. Forest, 8th Sept 2009 NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS – ENHANCED 3D VISUALIZATION USING THE LABVIEW INTERFACE FOR VSG AVIZO - (such as Computational fluid dynamics or Finite element analysis data) Molecular data Time series and animations ONE-YEAR ANIMATED PLANET SIMULATOR CIRCULATION, by Meteorologisches Institut Universität Hamburg (Germany) Seismic dataVisual and Spatial Technology Center (VISTA) (University of Birmingham, UK) Well logs 4D Multivariate Climate Models INTERACTIVE 3D VISUALIZATION IN EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH, by The German Climate Computing Center (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ)3D-VISUALISIERING VON DATEN AUS KLIMAMODELLEN, by Carmen Ulmen, Dipl.-Geografin, Akad. Geoinformatikerin KlimaCampus Hamburg, Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP)
2D/3D data visualization: Volume Edit and Thresholding – By Elise Orellana (LSU Honors Class 3035, Spring'11, Student Project Showcase) The Use of Metal Markers In 3D Imaging – By Caroline Blevins (LSU Honors Class 3035, Spring'11, Student Project Showcase) Using 3D Reconstruction to Illustrate the Cranio-cervical Envelope in the Alligator – By Brooke Hopkins (LSU Honors Class 3035, Spring'11, Student Project Showcase) Visualization and Analysis of the Human Shoulder Suspensory Apparatus – By Michelle Osborn (LSU Honors Class 3035, Spring'11, Student Project Showcase) Volume rendering Digital Volume Correlation Visualization of sections, through various slicing and clipping methods Isosurface rendering Polygonal meshes Scalar fields, Vector fields, Tensor representations, Flow visualization (Illuminated Streamlines, Stream Ribbons) SIMULATION OF CELL SEEDING AND RETENTION IN A DISORDERED POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD, by Tejaswini Narayana, University of Kerala (India)
Image processing: 2D/3D Alignment of image slices, Image registration Image filtering Mathematical Morphology (erode, dilate, open, close, tophat) Watershed Transform, Distance Transform Image segmentation 3D models reconstruction:Spitting behaviour and fang morphology of spitting cobras, by RA Berthé – 2011 Radionuclide Retention in Concrete Wasteforms, By CC Bovaird, DM Wellman, DP Jansik, MI Wood – US Department Energy Polygonal surface generation from segmented objects Generation of tetrahedral grids Surface reconstruction from point clouds Skeletonization (reconstruction of dendritic, porous or fracture network) Surface model simplification
Quantification and analysis:Enhancing Appalachian Coalbed Methane Extraction by Microwave-Induced Fractures, by Jonathan P. Mathews – The Pennsylvania State University FRACTURING CONTROLLED PRIMARY MIGRATION OF HYDROCARBONS FLUIDS DURING HEATING OF ORGANIC-RICH SHALES, by Maya Kobchenko (1), Hamed Panahi (1)(2), François Renard (1)(3), Dag K. Dysthe (1), Anders Malthe-Sørenssen (1), Adriano Mazzini (1), Julien Scheibert (1), Bjørn Jamtveit (1) and Paul Meakin (1) (4) (5) – (1) Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo, Norway; (2) Statoil ASA, Norway; (3) Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Université Joseph Fourier-CNRS, Grenoble, France; (4) Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, USA; (5) Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE WITHIN POROUS MEDIA USING SYNCHROTRON BASED X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY, by Gabriel Iltis, Ryan Armstrong, and Dorthe Wildenschild – Dpt of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University, USA Measurements and statistics Analysis spreadsheet and charting
Material properties computation, based on 3D images: Absolute permeability Thermal conductivity Molecular diffusivity Electrical resistivity/formation factor
3D image-based meshing for CFD and FEA:SIMULATIONS ET ANALYSES 2D-3D DE LA POROSITE DE DEPOTS PLASMA D'ALUMINE POUR LA CARACTERISATION DE PROPRIETES MECANIQUES ET PHYSIQUES by Vincent Guipont, Centre des Matériaux, CNRS (France) From 3D imaging modalities (CT, micro-CT, MRI, etc.) Identification des propriétés des tissus mous de la jambe sous compression élastique, by L. Dubuis (1), S. Avril (1), P. Badel (1), J. Debayle (2) – (1) LCG, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (France), (2) LPMG, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne (France)