TheLeicaApplicationSuiteX(LASX)softwaremodulevisualizessamplesinthreedimensions.Itoffersawidevarietyofbrilliantreal-time3Drenderingoptions.Functionsincludefastrotation,displayof3Dimagesonstereoscopicdisplays,interactiveshadowprojection,evencombinedwithtransparencyprojections,isosurfacerendermode,orthogonalsections,annotations,3Dcroptool,oreditingof4Ddatasetstoproduceimpressiveanimatedmoviesequences.
LASX3DVisualizationisavailableasBasicandAdvancedModule.
LASX3DVisualizationBasicModule
TheLASX3DVisualizationgenerates3Dimagesofbrilliantquality–ahighlightforyourpresentations.Youcansettheintensity,noiselevel,gammaandopacityforeachchannelindividuallyandselectthebackgroundcolor.Additionally,therearevariousprojectionmodesattheusers’disposal:transparent,maximumintensityanddepthcoding.Anautomaticmotionfunctionemphasizesthespatialeffectofthe3Dvolume.Youcanalsocreatefilmsequences–themoviegeneratorsportsfunctionsforpreview,loop,yo-yoandplaytimedefinition.
LASX3DVisualizationAdvancedModule
TheLASX3DVisualizationAdvancedModulecomplementstheBasicModulewithfurtherfunctionssuchastherenderinginisosurfacemode.Youcandisplayorthogonalsections,cropandannotatethe3Dimagesandclipchannel-specificsegmentations.Toemphasizethree-dimensionalstructures,userscandefineshadowprojectioninteractively–afunctionthatisavailableforallprojectionmodesincludingtransparentprojection.Userscanalsodefinetheviewingangleforbetterspatialperception. FurThermore,theAdvancedModuleoffersstereodisplaymodefor3Dmonitorsandshutterglasses,polarizationgogglesanddisplayasanaglyphaswellasasophisticatedmovieeditortogeneratespectacular3Dmovies.
Real-time3Drendering
Youcanmove3Dvolumessmoothlyandfastinreal-time.Imagescanbezoomedinto,rotated,movedorspuneasilywiththemouse.Imagescanbedisplayedin3Doverlayand/orachannel-specific3Dsplitview.
PowerfulClippingTool
Youhavegatheredsignificantinformationbutwishtofocusonaspecificsegmentofyour3Dimage?Withtheclippingtool,clippingplanesandsectorscanbeselectedeasilyandintuitively.Youcandefinetiltedclippingplanesandobliquecutplanes,applydifferentclippingfunctionstodifferentclippingsegmentsandextracttheclippingplanesyouneed.
SophisticatedMovieEditor
Moviesoftenillustrateyourresultsbest,especiallywith3Dimagesatyourdisposal.WiththemovieeditoroftheLASX3DVisualizationAdvancedModule,youcanusethekeyframeeditortomoveimageswithinthemovie,showdifferentprojectionmodesandclippingviewswithinasingleclipandmorphbetweendifferentmoviesequencesanddisplaymodes.
OrthogonalSectionsand3DCropTool
Displayingthevolumeasorthogonalsectionshelpsforexampletovisualizeneuronalconnections.Simplyrotatethevolumeforoptimalorientation.Youalsocandefinerangesinallthreedimensionsfor3Dcropping.Orthogonalsectionsareidealforidentificationofcoordinateswithinthesample,forexamplefordistanceoranglemeasurements(optional3DAnalysismodule).
