NRIA is an interactive image analysis software developed at BBL. It utilizes XView and is compatible with Solaris 2.5 through 2.7.
NRIA, short for New Region of Interest Analysis, is a medical image processing software developed by the Brain Behavior Laboratory (BBL) of the University of Pennsylvania. Its specialty lies in the quantitative analysis of PET and MRI images of the brain. The software was created by a group of perpetrators who are listed in the Credits file. Despite the nearly total lack of user documentation, NRIA is heavily used at BBL and has even been carried by ex-students to a few other universities.
To learn how to use the program, one must receive hands-on training from someone who already knows how to operate it as there is no user guide. NRIA currently runs under Solaris (aka SunOS 5 or greater), and a port to any other platform is unlikely due to non-portable constructs in its code. It is known to compile but not successfully run using gcc on Linux/Intel.
If bug reports need to send, they must be directed to Paul Hughett ([email protected]). He will add the reported bugs to his collection. Context diffs are the preferred format for bug fixes and improvements that are to be sent to the same person. Those wanting to make substantial contributions to the software should read the file CodingStyle.
Installation instructions assume that the source tree will be placed in /usr/local/src/nria and the executable programs and shared data in /usr/local/nria. Any modifications to these instructions should be appropriately made if the files are to be placed elsewhere.
To install NRIA, the source tree may be unpacked with the commands cd /usr/local/src gunzip nria-1.0.6.src.tgz tar xf nria-1.0.6.src.tar. After this, it must be compiled, which takes about 20-30 minutes. Coffee breaks are highly recommended during this process as there are a thousand or so compiler warnings that haven't been fixed yet. Once compiled, the binaries and man pages may be installed by copying them via the command cp -p arch/SunOS-5/bin/* /usr/local/nria and cp -p man/man1/*.1 /usr/local/man/man1. If this is a new installation, shared data also needs to be installed.
To run NRIA, the path should be set to /usr/local/nria, and then the command nria must be typed. If there are no .nhdr files in the current directory, an empty file dialog will appear, and the user must navigate to a directory that contains NRIA format images. The software has been designed to work with 3D multi-slice volumes, not individual 2D slices. Concatenation of individual slices into one raw image file is a requirement if individual slices are to be used.
To learn how to use the program, one must receive hands-on training from someone who already knows how to operate it as there is no user guide. NRIA currently runs under Solaris (aka SunOS 5 or greater), and a port to any other platform is unlikely due to non-portable constructs in its code. It is known to compile but not successfully run using gcc on Linux/Intel.
If bug reports need to send, they must be directed to Paul Hughett ([email protected]). He will add the reported bugs to his collection. Context diffs are the preferred format for bug fixes and improvements that are to be sent to the same person. Those wanting to make substantial contributions to the software should read the file CodingStyle.
Installation instructions assume that the source tree will be placed in /usr/local/src/nria and the executable programs and shared data in /usr/local/nria. Any modifications to these instructions should be appropriately made if the files are to be placed elsewhere.
To install NRIA, the source tree may be unpacked with the commands cd /usr/local/src gunzip nria-1.0.6.src.tgz tar xf nria-1.0.6.src.tar. After this, it must be compiled, which takes about 20-30 minutes. Coffee breaks are highly recommended during this process as there are a thousand or so compiler warnings that haven't been fixed yet. Once compiled, the binaries and man pages may be installed by copying them via the command cp -p arch/SunOS-5/bin/* /usr/local/nria and cp -p man/man1/*.1 /usr/local/man/man1. If this is a new installation, shared data also needs to be installed.
To run NRIA, the path should be set to /usr/local/nria, and then the command nria must be typed. If there are no .nhdr files in the current directory, an empty file dialog will appear, and the user must navigate to a directory that contains NRIA format images. The software has been designed to work with 3D multi-slice volumes, not individual 2D slices. Concatenation of individual slices into one raw image file is a requirement if individual slices are to be used.
What's New
Version 1.0.6: N/A