November 14, 2008, bugfix update: version 3.1.4
This update brings more bug corrections and optimization.
This package is distributed with the new BrainRAT 
toolbox dedicated to ex-vivo 3D reconstruction and analysis.
Starting with BrainVISA 3.1.4, the fMRI toolbox will be distributed separately as a downloadable add-on package to provide it its own visibility.
October 3, 2008, bugfix update: version 3.1.3
This update brings more bug corrections and optimization of database access. This package is distributed with a more recent sqlite library.
September 3, 2008, bugfix update: version 3.1.2
This update brings more bug corrections, including some database importation problems fixes.
In Anatomist, a noticeable improvement is the presence of a new gradient palette edition module which may be quite useful.
August 7, 2008, bugfix update: version 3.1.1
A number of bugs have been fixed since brainvisa/anatomist 3.1 have been released, so a new package is now available.
June 9, 2008, new release: version 3.1
Finally, a new release, after about 3 years of life of version 3.0.x.
It should work on Linux (Fedora 4 or equivalent and newer distribs), MacOS 10.4 or newer, and Windows XP.
Amongst the most noticeable changes, we can cite
A fMRI module for BrainVISA, partly using Matlab and SPM, on the Linux version only at the moment
A new and faster database system in BrainVisa, which will need a conversion of older databases
the AimsAlgo part becomes open source (GPL/CeCILL license)
A volume rendering module in Anatomist
...
May 05, 2006, package update: 3.0.2
A bugfix update that fixes several problems, especially stability issues on Windows.
The Mac version now runs on MacOS 10.4 (and not on 10.3 anymore).
Solaris and Irix versions are still not maintained.
October 17, 2005, package update: 3.0.1
A bugfix update that fixes an important bug in the diffusion/tracking algorithms,
a number of instabilities (rare crashes) in Anatomist, and adds some "minor" improvements,
like multiple matlab versions support in BrainVisa, some optimizations in Anatomist when
many complex objects (graphs) are loaded...
Solaris and Irix versions are still not maintained (the solaris problem might have been
solved recently but we need more testing and repackaging).
June 29, 2005, brand new release: version 3.0 is out
Finally we managed to release the new version of all of our software. Every project
within the package has now version 3.0 (for simplicity).
This package is released on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows XP systems, and not for Solaris
or Irix. This limitation is due to technical problems on our side that may or may not be
solved one day. Sorry for this.
See the release notes and
docs for an overview of new features and changes.
Dec. 2, 2004, stable release update: 2.3.5
Just after the last update release, we found some bugs in Anatomist display (volume fusions
in sagittal slices), and in the Mac version of BrainVisa (and probably the Windows version too),
so here is another fix for these problems.
Nov. 19, 2004, stable release update: 2.3.4
A bugfix update package (2.3.4) is available in the download section. It fixes some bugs
(especially on the Windows version), and includes minor improvements such as matlab support
on Windows, SPM2 normalization matrixes importation, and a better installation script.
The package should work now when installed in a directory containing space characters.
Sep. 28, 2004, MacOS X fix update: 2.3.3
Well, the Mac version has not been maintained very regularly, and I have just noticed that the
2.3.2 binary version has been all messed-up, the distribution is incomplete and out of order.
I am sorry about that (but nobody has complained!), the fact is that I didn't have a Mac machine
to work on regularly. I have one now (thanks to Jean Régis, La Timone).
There is now a new binary package just for Mac, which runs on MacOS 10.3 and without the
need of a X11 server, and compiled with optimization on. Be careful, there are still a few
problems however:
Brainvisa run from the graphical interface of the Mac seems to frequently (and randomly)
hang when running commands, so for this version at least, avoid running it by clicking on an
icon, but use a terminal... We will investigate this strange phenonemnon when we have a bit of
time...
This package may not work on MacOS 10.2 and earlier. I have not tried myself, but...
Jul. 8, 2004, stable release update: 2.3.2
Finally we have released a new package (2.3.2) which fixes various bugs encountered
in the 2.3 release. Amongst other fixes, we can cite:
fix in BrainVisa database hierarchy description which could cause an ambiguity
in the anatomical pipeline
Fixes in filenames handling when filenames contain space charachers (which often
happens on Windows)
etc. See individual changelogs accessible via the
help pages for more details
We do not plan a new version before the end of 2004 because many changes have been
started in both BrainVisa and Anatomist and we need time to finish, stablilize and
test all the new features.
Jan. 14, 2004, web server hosting change
Our website has moved to another place. It is still accessible on its "official" name
http://brainvisa.info, but as it used to be just a
redirection, your browser has probably bookmarked it as http://brainvisa.free.fr. So
please update your bookmarks, the old page will be removed in a short time.
The new server should be much faster and more reliable, and will allow us to set up
a bug tracking tool and a forum and other tools in the future.
Jan. 6, 2004, MacOS X fix update: 2.3.1
This is only a MacOS X-specific installation fix: it should overcome the "little
squares" syndrom on Anatomist and BrainVisa which do not properly display text
on some systems. Basically, I just upgraded some libraries (especially Qt) from the
Fink project.
Jan. 14: Well, no in fact, it doesn't seem to help on MacOS 10.3 - use the trick in the
FAQ to get non-antialiased fonts in Qt.
Dec. 18, 2003, new stable release: 2.3.0
Featuring BrainVISA 1.6, Anatomist 1.30, Aims 2.13, Vip 2.5 etc.
At last we are ready to distribute a new version of BrainVISA, Anatomist and all the
other tools. Amongst other improvements, we can cite:
in BrainVISA:
- easier database setup which can now be done via the menus
- some improvements in the user interaction and viewers
- mproved (althrough still not complete) help system
- working diffusion / fiber tracking pipeline
In Anatomist:
- minor GUI improvements: viewing images in radio or neuro convention,
new setup options, visibility or usability comfort improvements
- new functionalities in the ROI drawing module (morphological math operations...)
- fixes and improvements in several volume formats IO...
Many other things which we did not keep track of. A bit more details are available
in the different projects changelogs, accessible via the new
documentation and help pages
And maybe most of all, this is the first stable release to include a Windows version.
The Windows version is working and nearly fully functional, but there are
still some problems in BrainVISA cleanup when exiting, and VIDA and ECAT volume
formats are not supported. The other features seem to work well and processings produce
the same results as the Unix versions.
The cache problem of the test releases for Windows is fixed, but at the cost of being
slower (possibly MUCH slower for large databases) because BrainVisa must systematically
scan every directory when accessing the database.
Nov. 16, 2003, one more test package for Windows
this pack doesn't use any unix command anymore
communication failures between BrainVisa and Anatomist have been fixed (I hope!),
after a long and hard fight
fixes little things like installation in path containing space characters,
ambiguous files naming on case-insensitive filesystems, ...
C and C++ sources have been compiled with optimization flags so it may be faster
This is still definitely not the final version: there are still problems going on.
I have experienced cache update problems with BrainVisa (the cache doesn't update
automatically, I have to make a "clearCache" and "updateCache" to make new files
visible in the database). We have understood what is going on: Fat32 filesystems don't
update directories modification date/time when a new file or directory is created
inside it. There should be no problem on NTFS filesystems and on Unix Samba-mounted
network drives. We will try to find a workarouond because it is very ennoying,
especially when importing a new subject MRI.
BrainVisa still doesn't exit cleanly and some temporary files may not be deleted
after it exits
Oh, by the way, this package has been built on a linux filesystem, so sources (python
sources, C++ headers) are in unix ASCII convention. In the counterpart, files which
were symbolic links are OK on this version.
Nov. 04, 2003, another test package for Windows
This package fixes some problem with the previous one:
some missing DLLs and paths in python prevented brainvisa from correctly
running commandlines (so almost nothing didn't work!)
a bunch of unix-only commands (like rm, cp, mv, touch...) have been
removed, but some are still around...
a better guess of the home directory is done so that .brainvisa
and .anatomist directories may be in a sane place even on other
windows than XP
Nov. 02, 2003, first development package for Windows
There are still some problems (Brainvisa exits uncleanly and leaves some temporary
files, communications with Anatomist is sometimes lost...) but the main features
are working: BrainVisa, Anatomist and the image processing tools are there.
Some volume IO formats are not supported at the moment: vida and ecat formats are not
compiled in the package. These formats require some libraries I don't have on
Windows (rpc library).
But this is one of the last main steps towards the universal portability of the
platform...
This test release is meant essentially for ourselves for debugging purposes, not for
end users yet. A new version is planned soon for all platforms (this month if we can
take the time to do it).
Technically, I used the gcc compiler from the MinGW
environment, and our configuration tools (build-config/configure/maker) in an
unix-like environment (Msys bash shell
coming with MinGW).
Compiling with the gcc compiler from the Cygwin
distribution is also possible (and certainly easier in fact), and would allow
to build vida and ecat format support because cygwin includes the missing rpc library.
But for licensing reasons, we cannot use cygwin: codes compiled with cygwin link
against the cygwin DLL which is GPL'd and must be used only for GPL'd code (which is not
the case of our algorithms).
Building with Microsoft C++ compilers (Visual Studio .net) was not possible, the
compiler fails on some heavily templated C++ code: don't try the adventure, it's
useless.
The binary distribution contains a copy of the commercial version of
Qt library DLL, and of the commercial version of
PyQt for Windows.
May 23, 2003, stable version update: 2.2.3
Various little fixes (which may be important in some specific cases) in the
programs and the package installers, amongst which:
Anatomist: fixes in buckets 3D renderings
Brainvisa: some problems with parameters links have been fixed
MacOS X installer: we used a tar program which was incompatible with
Apple's tar, it's fixed now
Linux/RedHat9 installer: we switch to the older threading system because
the new one causes problems with Python threads
Fixes in some lower-level commands: AimsClusterArg, ...
Apr. 29, 2003, stable version update: 2.2.2
A few little fixes (mainly for linux):
Anatomist: fixed a crash that could occur while in ROI edition and playing
with several volumes with palette windows open
Anatomist: fixed the color change of some widgets which does not work with
some KDE3 styles (this fix disapeared by mistake in the last stable
anatomist release)
Anatomist: menu options to save the texture of some textured objects
We include again libcrypto and libssl in the linux package since they are
required for some python modules
Apr. 15, 2003, stable version update: 2.2.1
This new distribution fixes some installation problems (and offers more
precise installation instructions), and fixes a few BrainVisa bugs (the
help processes, diffusion package...).
Apr. 07, 2003, new stable release: 2.2
A new version of all software has been released, version 2.2 of the pack.
Binary packages for Linux (RedHat 7.3 and compatible distribs), Solaris, Irix
and MacOS X have been uploaded to the ftp site. See the downloads.
We changed the installation procedure: see the
.README file with each package. There is now only one file to get, the installer
is in it, but you have to unpack it yourself before running the install script.
It features Anatomist 1.29, Brainvisa 1.5, Aims 2.12, Vip 2.4...
Main changes: bugfixes (mainly in SPM format IO), many changes in
BrainVISA, shfj library is now renamed cartobase
Feb. 28, 2003, another MacOS X update
Other little fixes. You may still need to setup the default Qt font
using qtconfig. See the FAQ for details
Feb. 25, 2003: first MacOS X release (development)
A first development version for Mac/darwin compiled for X11 server. I hope
everything is in the package... It has not been thoroughtly tested yet...
Nov. 08, 2002: new stable release 2.1
This release is a version upgrade for ALL software: BrainVISA 1.4, Anatomist 1.28, etc.
Amongst the most important changes:
Introduction of functional preprocessing using SPM and Matlab in BrainVISA. This will evolve and more support for higher-level functional processing will be added in futire releases. You must have Matlab and SPM installed to use them.
If you wish to build from sources, the gcc-3.x compilers can now be used to
build all our C++ code.
Binary package notes:
This release is the first stable release to provide a binary package for
Irix
On Linux, we reverted from the behaviour of 2.02-2.04 distribs and we
systematically install Qt library again, because there may be system libraries
incompatibilities (C++ library), for example on RedHat 8 or Mandrake 9 systems using gcc-3.2. So DON'T USE THE SHFJEnvironmentVariables.sh/.csh scripts in
your .cshrc/.bash_profile config scripts ! (or check they are compatible with your system first) - see the FAQ for more
details.
Sep. 24, 2002: new stable 2.04 release for linux and SuSE-specific development release
(Installation fix release)
2.04 stable release fixes an installation problem again: home-compiled Qt with good Jpeg support
SuSE-8.0 main (devel) release has been made because of system libraries incompatibilities with RedHat
Changes between 2.04 and 2.03: Ooops, our Qt lib didn't support jpeg (!)
Changes between 2.03 and 2.02: installation fix: provide a home-compiled Qt
library instead of RedHat's customized one, and install it only if the
target system doesn't already have it
Aug. 22, 2002: first complete binary package for Irix
An Irix package is now available (development version) and contains the full
set of programs and libraries: brainvisa, anatomist and all tools
09/08/2002: new stable release 2.02
Featuring Anatomist 1.27, BrainVISA 1.3 etc.
Changes between 2.02 and 2.01: installation bug fixes
Changes between 2.01 and 2.0: fixed a few broken functionalities in Anatomist 1.27 and some low-level Aims commands
