Volocity 2.0

The Cell Imaging Facility has recently acquired the Volocity 2.0 image analysis and 3D rendering software (Improvision, Inc.), as a generous gift from the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology. 



3D rendering of primary rat alveolar epithelial cells infected with an adenovirus encoding a GFP tagged dominant negative JNK.
Cytochrome C (red). Video courtesy of Scott Budinger's Lab

Highlights of Volocity 2.0

• Fast and highly interactive volume exploration in 3D and 4D.
• Intuitively easy to use for increased productivity.
• Export and publication of 3D images and data in standard file formats.
• Object classification, measurement and tracking in all dimensions.
• High quality restoration of confocal and wide field microscope images.

Volocity provides the users with an interactive volume visualization system that will run on a standard desktop computer. Volume interactivity is the key to providing the user with an enhanced perception of depth and realism. Interactivity also allows the scientist to rapidly explore and understand large volumes of data.

Volocity is the first true color 4D rendering system designed for biomedical imaging. It uses new highly advanced algorithims to provide high-speed, easy to use, interactive rendering of time resolved color 3D volumes. Volocity allows the user to visualize a 3D object and then observe and interact with it over time, for the first time providing scientists with a system to dynamically visualize both the structure and the purpose of biological structures.




Particle Tracking
Volocity 2.0 allows users to rapidly and easily perform 4D particle tracking, as it can monitor the instantaneous velocity and distance of any given population of particles in a 3D volume with time.

For more information on Volocity 2.0, please contact Teng-Leong Chew or visit the website of Improvision