CurveAlign 6.0Beta2

Release notes:

New modules in this release include:
Auto-threshold module for automated background removal for CT-FIRE module
Pre-processing module based on Bio-Formats supported image importer and exporter
Fiber network intersection points (IP) detection module
Feature visualization module
Pixel-based density analysis module
Cell-Fiber analysis module for combined cell and fiber analysis

CurveAlign 6.0 Beta2 standalone APPs are compiled with MATLAB 64-bit 2023b on Windows, Mac(intel), Mac (apple M chip) and Linux. CT-FIRE 4.0 with new pre-processing functions can be loaded from CurveAlign main GUI. However, to use the advanced analysis module of CT-FIRE, users need to use a separate CT-FIRE standalone APP (CT-FIRE download webpage). Refer to the CurveAlign 6.0 user's manual for the installation and usage of the standalone APPs.

The command-line APP can do basic fiber extraction and fiber tracking without a GUI. Its usage is described in a separate CurveAlign command-line manual.

2025.03.24-03.27-release of new standalone builds and command-line applications

• add Mac (intel) standalone APP and Linux standalone APP for CurveAlign
• add command-line applications for Windows, Mac(intel) and Linux with basic functions for fiber extraction and fiber tracking.

2024.07.22-replace the 20240720 build with the 20240722 build
Fix a compilation bug and update the user's quick manual for cell-fiber analysis module (for testing only at this moment)

2024.07.20-release of CA6.0Beta2_standalone_20240720build
Contains only Windows 64-bit APP compiled with MATLAB 2023b .More features are added in the Cell-fiber analysis. For testing only.

2024.03.22--release of CurveAlign6.0Beta-Win64-2024.03.22build

CurveAlign 5.0 and corresponding linked CT-FIRE 3.0

For the CurveAlign 5.0, this release contains one Windows 64-bit APP, one Mac (intel chip) APP built with MATLAB 2018b, one Mac (intel chip) APP built with MATLAB 2021b, and one Mac (Apple M chip) APP built with MATLAB 2023b.

For the CT-FIRE 3.0, its basic functionality (not including ROI analysis and advanced post-processing) can be launched from CurveAlign 5.0 main GUI. The full functional, independent CT-FIRE 3.0 packages were built with Windows system( 64-bit, Matlab2018b), old Mac system(intel core, MATLAB 2021b), and new Mac system(Apple chip, arm64, MATLAB 2023b).

Recommended standalone apps have a link on top of their names in the update notes below. Follow the instructions on the Curvelets home page for the usage.
2025.03.27: add new standalone APPs compiled with MATLAB 2023b: CurveAlign 5.0Beta2(intel chip, mcr2023b), CT-FIRE 3.0Beta2(intel chip, mcr2023b), CurveAlign 5.0Beta2(Windows, mcr 2023b) and CT-FIRE 3.0Beta2(Windows, mcr2023b)

2024.09.06: Built CurveAlign5.0 Beta2 (apple M chip arm64,MATLAB mcr 2023b) and CT-FIRE 3.0Beta2 (apple M chip arm64,MATLAB mcr 2023b).

2024.06.07: fix a stack analysis issue for both CT-FIRE 3.0 and CurveAlign 5.0. New APPs built on 20240607 are recommended to all users. To be noted, the version compiled in MATLAB 2018b might yield a slightly different result from the one compiled in MATLAB 2021a likely due to the MATLAB compatibility. To obtain identical analysis, users should use the APPs compiled with the same version of MATLAB. Current standalone recommandations: CT-FIRE 3.0 MATLAB 2018b windows standalone 20240607build, CurveAlign 5.0 MATLAB 2018b windows standalone 20240607build, CT-FIRE 3.0 MATLAB 2021b MacIntel standalone 20240607build, and CurveAlign 5.0 MATLAB 2021b MacIntel standalone 20240607build

2023.08.21: for MAC users, the CT-FIRE 3.0 and CurveAlign5.0 compiled with MATLAB MCR 2021a are recommended.

2023.02.28: updated the manual.
2021.05.07: added the test release of the command line mode (from branch CAparallel).
2022.3.23: added CurveAlign 5.0 new standalone built on MAC OS Big Sur with MATLAB 2021a for testing.
2022.05.09: added CT-FIRE 3.0 new standalone built on MAC OS Big Sur with MATLAB 2021a for testing.
2022.05.09: added sorted source code (without CurveLab) for both CT-FIRE 3.0 Beta and CurveAlign 5.0 Beta.
2020.08.08 Release notes:
compiled in MATLAB 2018b
add automatic tumor boundary creation using HE and SHG image-pair
add density analysis module in CurveAlign ROI manager
add synthetic fiber generator in CT-FIRE
add fast fiber estimation in CT-FIRE

CurveAlign 4.0 and corresponding linked CT-FIRE 2.0 based on the release published in 2017

For the CurveAlign 4.0, this release contains one Windows 64-bit APP and two Mac APPs built with MATLAB 2014b. The Windows 64-bit app was tested on Windows 7, 8 and 10 and was working well. The Mac package includes two Mac APPs, one was built on macOS 10.12.6, the other was built on macOS 10.15.7. The former is a stable version tested on macOS10.12.6, 10.13.6 and 10.15.4, the latter is not fully tested but might be acted as a workaround for systems that encounter installation/launching issue.

For the CT-FIRE 2.0, its basic functionality (not including ROI analysis and advanced post-processing) can be launched from CurveAlign 4.0 main GUI. The full functional, independent CT-FIRE 2.0 packages built with MATLAB 2014b are provided for Windows 64-bit system and Mac system. The Mac package includes the two Mac APPs, one was built on macOS 10.12.6, the other was built on macOS 10.15.7 to address some possible compatibility issues.