MIPAV ===== The `MIPAV `_ (Medical Image Processing, Analysis, and Visualization) application—developed at the `Center for Information Technology `_ at the `National Institutes of Health `_—enables quantitative analysis and visualization of medical images of numerous modalities such as PET, MRI, CT, or microscopy. You can use Bio-Formats as a plugin for MIPAV to read images in the formats it supports. Installation ------------ Follow these steps to install the Bio-Formats plugin for MIPAV: #. Download :downloads:`bioformats_package.jar ` and drop it into your MIPAV folder. #. Download the :source:`plugin source code ` into your user ``mipav/plugins`` folder. #. From the command line, compile the plugin with:: cd mipav/plugins javac -cp $MIPAV:$MIPAV/bioformats\_package.jar \\   PlugInBioFormatsImporter.java #. where $MIPAV is the location of your MIPAV installation. #. Add **bioformats\_package.jar** to MIPAV's class path: - How to do so depends on your platform. - E.g., in Mac OS X, edit the ``mipav.app/Contents/Info.plist`` file. #. Run MIPAV and a new "BioFormatsImporter - read image" menu item will appear in the Plugins > File submenu. See the :source:`readme file ` for more information. To upgrade, just overwrite the old **bioformats\_package.jar** with the :downloads:`latest one <>`. You may want to download the latest version of MIPAV first, to take advantage of new features and bug-fixes.