Mango (Multi-Image Analysis GUI) is a
non-commercial
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software for viewing, editing and analyzing volumetric medical images. Mango is written in
Java
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, and distributed freely in precompiled versions for
Linux
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,
Mac OS
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In 1984, Apple debuted the operating system that is now known as the "Classic" Mac OS with its release of the original Macintosh System Software. The system, rebranded "M ...
and
Microsoft Windows. It supports
NIfTI,
ANALYZE, NEMA and
DICOM formats and is able to load and save 2D, 3D and 4D images.
Mango provides tools for creation and editing of regions of interest (ROI) within the images, surface rendering, image stacking (overlaying), filtering in space domain and histogram analysis, among other functions that can be used in neuroimaging analysis
for scientific (non-clinical) purposes.
The software can be extended with user-defined functions (
plug-ins), which can be created using the Java language and the Mango
API
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.
See also
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List of neuroimaging software
Neuroimaging software is used to study the structure and function of the brain. To see an NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research funded clearinghouse of many of these software applications, as well as hardware, etc. go to the NITRC web site.
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References
External links
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Neuroimaging software
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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