VirtualPhotonics.Vts 8.0.0

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dotnet add package VirtualPhotonics.Vts --version 8.0.0                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package VirtualPhotonics.Vts -Version 8.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="VirtualPhotonics.Vts" Version="8.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add VirtualPhotonics.Vts --version 8.0.0                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: VirtualPhotonics.Vts, 8.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install VirtualPhotonics.Vts as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=VirtualPhotonics.Vts&version=8.0.0

// Install VirtualPhotonics.Vts as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=VirtualPhotonics.Vts&version=8.0.0

The Virtual Photonics Technology Initiative was established by the Laser Microbeam and Medical Program (LAMMP), an NIH/NIBIB Biotechnology Resource Center at the Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic in April 2008.

The Virtual Photonics Technology Initiative has four primary goals:

  • (a) Design and distribute easy-to-use open-source software tools with graphical-user interfaces that simulate the propagation and distribution of optical radiation in cells and tissues.

  • (b) Supply educational resources that provide the appropriate foundation for the proper usage of these computational tools.

  • (c) Develop improved computational models to simulate and design optical diagnostic, imaging, and therapeutic modalities.

  • (d) Stimulate the formation of an active community of 'experts' in Computational Biophotonics interested in offering their expertise and in developing advanced simulation tools to advance this open-source effort.

Virtual Tissue Simulator (VTS)

The primary vehicle for the accomplishment of these goals is the ongoing development of the Virtual Tissue Simulator (VTS). The VTS is being designed as a modular and scalable platform to provide an integrated suite of computational tools to define, solve, visualize, and analyze relevant forward and inverse radiative transport problems in Biomedical Optics. We intend to develop specific Application ToolKits (ATKs) that will provide a user-interface customized for the simulation of issues specific to an application domain. Examples include Small Animal Imaging and Fiber Optic Probe development.

Downloads and Latest Releases

To access the latest release, past releases and downloads, click here.

Getting Started and Documentation

To access getting started instructions in Linux, Mac or Windows, click

For detailed instructions on how to launch the VTS GUI, click here.

Acknowledgement

Use the following citation or acknowledgement in publications or applications that make use of this open source software or underlying technology and research:

"We acknowledge open-source software resources offered by the Virtual Photonics Technology Initiative (https://virtualphotonics.org), at the Beckman Laser Institute, University of California, Irvine."

In addition, for any work that utilizes the Virtual Photonics Monte Carlo software, cite the following publication:

Carole K. Hayakawa, Lisa Malenfant, Janaka C. Ranasinghesagara, David J. Cuccia, Jerome Spanier, Vasan Venugopalan, "MCCL: an open-source software application for Monte Carlo simulations of radiative transport," J. Biomed. Opt. 27(8) 083005 (12 April 2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.27.8.083005

Software

For more information about coding conventions and how to contribute to our Open Source effort see our developer website

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Virtual Tissue Simulator (VTS) Project.

Copyright ©2022 Virtual Photonics Technology Initiative.

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Version Downloads Last updated
12.0.0 117 10/2/2024
11.0.0 153 5/30/2024
10.0.0 228 11/3/2023
9.1.0 343 7/27/2023
9.0.0 425 12/21/2022
8.0.0 531 8/29/2022
7.0.0 513 5/25/2022
6.0.0 420 12/7/2021
5.0.0 511 6/18/2021
4.11.0 465 6/10/2021
4.10.0 579 7/18/2020
4.9.0 613 3/24/2020
4.8.0 719 9/16/2019
4.7.0 783 4/3/2019
4.6.0 885 11/23/2018
4.5.0 918 10/10/2018
4.4.0 960 8/31/2018
4.3.0 1,219 7/13/2018
4.2.0 1,156 7/6/2018
4.1.0-alpha 944 5/17/2018
4.0.0 1,118 5/17/2018
3.2.0-alpha 979 5/4/2018
3.1.0-alpha 861 4/27/2018
3.0.0 1,070 4/27/2018
2.5.0 1,108 1/19/2018
2.4.1 1,192 10/25/2017
2.4.0 1,089 9/1/2017
2.3.0 1,029 5/18/2017

Updated NuGet packages
   * Upgraded to .NET 6.0
* Updated package, license and readme files and removed obsolete ones.
* Cleaned up code by:
|__ Reorganizing folders to match namespaces.
|__ Renaming unit test classes to match class tested plus "Tests".
  
* Facilitated improved source code documentation by:
|__ Adding missing XML comments and clarifying existing comments.
|__ Adding namespace documentation to the solution.
|__ Spell checking comments.
|__ Correcting references to algorithms employed in code.
  
* Removed obsolete BinaryFormatter method which resulted in removing the following public static methods:
|__ ReadFromBinary<T>(string filename)
|__ ReadFromBinaryInResources<T>(string filename, string projectName)
|__ WriteToBinary<T>(this T myObject, string filename)
|__ ReadFromBinaryStream<T>(Stream s)
|__ WriteToBinaryStream<T>(T myObject, Stream s)

* Monte Carlo additions:
|__ Added a paramsweep option for the random number generator Seed.
|__ Added new ROfFxAndMaxDepth detector that determines reflectance as a function of spatial-frequency and maximum depth of penetration.