1) Commercial Software

Image editing:

PhotoPaint version 8 (for Microsoft Windows)
Corel Corporation
Corporate Headquarters
1600 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
K1Z 8R7, Canada
www.corel.com

Rendering and production of slice videos:

Ray Dream 3D version 1.02 (for Microsoft Windows)
MetaCreations Corporation
6303 Carpinteria Ave.
Carpinteria, CA 93013, USA
www.metacreations.com

Isosurface production:

AVS version 5 (for Solaris)
Advanced Visual Systems Inc.
300 Fifth Avenue Waltham,
MA 0245, USA
www.avs.com

2) Free Software

Conversion of image files to AVS volume format:

AVSCONV version 1.1 (for Microsoft Windows)
Author: Mark Sutton
To download this program open the program directory, and save the file  avsconv.exe to a local drive.

Export from AVS geometry format to DXF for import into RayDream:

‘write geom’ AVS module [Must be installed into AVS system]

Author: Georg Thallinger

To download this, open the write_geom directory, and download the AVS files.

3) Equipment used

SV Micro Digital Microscope Camera
Sound Vision, Inc.
492 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, MA 01701

Wirtz-Buehler ‘Slide Holder’ (hand-held grinder)
Buehler Krautkramer UK
Milburn Hill Road
University of Warwick Science Park
Coventry CV4 7HS United Kingdom