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Dear subscribers,</p>
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We are pleased to release the first version of CASToR which can be
downloaded from the following page : <a
href="http://www.castor-project.org/download_castor"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.castor-project.org/download_castor">http://www.castor-project.org/download_castor</a></a><br>
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The actual version includes the following features:</p>
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<li>Iterative reconstruction algorithms <br>
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<li>PET and SPECT (parallel-hole and convergent-beam collimators)
geometries.</li>
<li>Reconstruction of multi-frames and respiratory/cardiac gated
acquisitions.</li>
<li>Projector plug-in class system, including implementations of
original and accelerated versions of the Siddon and Joseph
projectors.</li>
<li>Optimization algorithm plug-in class system, including
implementation of ML-EM, NEG-ML, AML (AB-EMML) and Lanwdeber
optimization algorithms.</li>
<li>Plug-in class systems for image convolution and spatial
regularization, and general image processing</li>
<li>Two-level parallel CPU implementation using MPI
(multi-computers) and openMP (multi-threads) libraries.</li>
<li>Utility tool to convert GATE Monte-Carlo simulated data from
root format to the CASToR datafile format.</li>
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Please make sure to download and read the documentation on the
following page : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.castor-project.org/documentation">http://www.castor-project.org/documentation</a> to
get detailed instructions on the installation and use of the
platform, as well as information about the different file formats.
If you encounter any issues or have any questions or suggestions,
do not hesitate to send a mail on the users mailing-list :
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:castor-users@lists.castor-project.org">castor-users@lists.castor-project.org</a>. We are looking for your
comments in order to improve and further develop the CASToR
platform !</p>
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Keep an eye also on the website for further announcements of
future developments and news on the CASToR platform<br>
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<p>Kind regards, <br>
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<p>the CASToR team<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Thibaut MERLIN -- PhD
Docteur en Imagerie Médicale au Laboratoire de Traitement de l'Information Medicale (LaTIM - INSERM UMR 1101)
Bâtiment 1
CHRU Morvan - 2, Av. Foch
29609 Brest CEDEX - FRANCE
Tel: 06.75.12.24.90</pre>
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