AUTHOR=Winter Mark , Cohen Andrew R. 

TITLE=LEVERSC: Cross-Platform Scriptable Multichannel 3-D Visualization for Fluorescence Microscopy Images

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Bioinformatics

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioinformatics/articles/10.3389/fbinf.2022.740078

DOI=10.3389/fbinf.2022.740078

ISSN=2673-7647

ABSTRACT=<p>We describe a new open-source program called LEVERSC to address the challenges of visualizing the multi-channel 3-D images prevalent in biological microscopy. LEVERSC uses a custom WebGL hardware-accelerated raycasting engine unique in its combination of rendering quality and performance, particularly for multi-channel data. Key features include platform independence, quantitative visualization through interactive voxel localization, and reproducible dynamic visualization <italic>via</italic> the scripting interface. LEVERSC is fully scriptable and interactive, and works with MATLAB, Python and Java/ImageJ.</p>