MAVI Frequently Asked Questions

• MAVI is an acronym for "Modular Algorithms for Volume Images"
• MAVI is a software tool for processing, analyzing and visualizing 3D image data.
• MAVI's focus is on quantitative analysis of materials microstructures.

• MAVI is designed for 3D image data given as scalar voxel/pixel gray values on a cuboidal grid as generated e.g. by micro-computed tomography or FIB-tomography.

• No, MAVI can be used for 2D images as well. This makes sense in particular for 2D images of materials microstructures.

• MAVI's demo version (LINK) is fully functional, it just forces you to cut a 128³ pixel sub-volume out off your data.
• Test licenses are available on request.

• MAVI supports a couple of 3D image formats (e.g. avs .fld/.rec, Fraunhofer .rek, 3D .tiff), additionally
• MAVI's import functions for image stacks and raw volumes allow you to input nearly every data format complying with 2. except for some compressed .tiff files.

Thanks to the multi-document-interface, every step in MAVI is easily
reproducable. However, it makes MAVI very memory hungry, too. Depending on the size of the datasets to be analyzed we recommend

• current quadcore processor with
• at least 32 GB RAM
• the more RAM the larger images can be processed and the more images can be opened simultanously
• 1 TB hard disk

MAVI's volume rendering relies on modern high end graphics cards with adequate memory. We recommend

• current nVidia Quadro Chipset with at least 2 GB video memory
• USB port for the license managing dongle

MS Windows 7, 8, 10

OpenSuSE 11.2 32/64

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 32/64

OS on request

• There are standard licenses and educational licenses.

• Licenses are single-user, floating, unlimited, and controled by an usb dongle.

• Yearly renewable educational licenses are available at a fractional price of the regular license.

• E-mail and phone support for the 1st year are included in the license. A service contract for free support and updates from the 2nd year on can be offered.

• Support for specific algorithms and extensions can be offered separately.

• A one-day on-site training based on user image data is highly recommended.

• MAVI has been on the market since 2005.
• There are continuous updates including new features and enhancements.

• Updates and enhancements up to version 2.0 are included.

Customized additional modules can be designed and integrated into MAVI on request.