Volume 1, Basics

Volume 1, Basics

The MIPAV User's Guide, Volume 1, Basics, includes the following:

• Chapter 1, "Introducing MIPAV," presents an overview of the MIPAV software program.
• Chapter 2, "Installing MIPAV," explains how to install, remove, and upgrade the MIPAV software program. It also explains how to subscribe to the MIPAV mail list and how to search the MIPAV archive.
• Chapter 3, "Getting Started Quickly with MIPAV," explains how to use MIPAV to perform common functions, such as opening an image file, saving the file, and printing a log file.
• Chapter 4, "Understanding Image Basics," provides background information on image file formats. It also provides information on how to view and adjust image file attributes.
• Chapter 5, "Working with DICOM Images," explains how to access DICOM databases, perform queries, and retrieve image files. In addition, it explains how to send files to a database.
• Chapter 6 "Connecting to SRB BIRN" explains how to connect to SRB BIRN.
• Chapter 7, "Visualizing Images," provides instruction on how to customize the way image files are displayed, how to magnify and minify images, how to view images together, how to view a portion of the image, and how to change image brightness and contrast by generating histograms and adjusting color look-up tables (LUTs).
• Chapter 8, "Segmenting Images Using Contours and Masks," explains how to create, group, rearrange, and modify volumes of interest (VOIs); how to create masks; and how to use paint to further identify VOIs.
• Chapter 9, "Analyzing Images," discusses how to calculate statistics for VOIs and masks and how to generate intensity profiles, or graphs, for images.
• Chapter 10, "Changing Image Datasets Using MIPAV Utilities . . .," explains how to use the utilities included in the software.
• Chapter 11, "Using Scripts (Macros) in MIPAV," describes how to develop scripts, which you can use to customize the program.
• Chapter 12, "Developing Plug-in Programs," and Appendix D explain how to incorporate plug-in programs into MIPAV.
• Chapter 13, "Technical support" provides information about MIPAV technical support and also explains how to use the debug mode.
• Appendix A, "References," provides a list of references that can be used to learn more about MIPAV functions.
• Appendix B, "DICOM Conformance Statement," provides a copy of the formal DICOM Conformance Statement, which specifies MIPAV's service classes, information objects, communications protocols, and media storage application profiles.
• Appendix C, "Supported formats" lists graphical and file formats supported by MIPAV. It also provides examples of MIPAV system files (such as the preference file) and explains how the user can interpret them; provides limited instruction on how to modify specific files.
• Appendix D, "PluginAlgorithmMedian" gives an example of MIPAV plug in.

The guide also includes a glossary of terms and acronyms.

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