Knossos 5.1

KNOSSOS visualizes large 3D (up to multiple terabyte) volume electron microscopic (e.g. Serial Block-Face EM) datasets by displaying slices.

It supports skeleton and volume-based annotation modes, which can be extended by plugins written in Python. It is developed at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, Germany, for Windows, GNU/Linux and OS X.

3D visualization of image datasets is done by displaying a 2D representation of each side, and allowing you to navigate through these image planes. By dynamically loading only data from the surrounding of the current location, seamless navigation is not limited to datasets that fit into the available RAM but also works with much larger datasets stored in KNOSSOS’ special format on disk.