Beauchamp:MedNSLab
This is the web page for information about downloadable MRI teaching materials for the Medical Neuroscience Laboratory Course for first-year medical students at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. This component of the laboratory requires you to download MRI datasets, and a freely available viewing program to look at them.
- Download MRIcroN (software for viewing MRI datasets)
Go to http://www.cabiatl.com/mricro/mricron/install.html Download the correct installer package for your computer (Windows, Mac and Linux are supported).
- For Windows, double-click the installer and answer the on-screen questions
"I agree" with the license agreement "Next >" to install all components of the software "Install" to install the package "Close" when finished installing
By default, MRIcron is installed in the folder C:\ProgramFiles\MRIcroN
Open a Windows Explorer window and browse to this directory. Find the MRIcroN icon (it looks like a small brain). For easier access in future, right click and drag the icon to your desktop and create a shortcut. Start the software by double-clicking the icon or file name. The software will ask if you want to associate MRI images with this program; click "Yes". You should see the following window. To make the images easier to see, you can enlarge the window.
- For Macintosh, double-click the Macintosh Intel [Universal Binary] software link. Open the downloaded zip file if it does not open automatically with StuffIt Expander. A new directory will be created containing the file mricron.app next to a small brain icon. For easier access in future, you may drag the icon to the Dock or to your Applications directory. Double click on the mricron.app file or the small brain icon.
You should see the following window. To make the images easier to see, you can enlarge the window.
- Explore the brain
Regardless of the platform (PC or Mac), the top left of the window shows a coronal view of the brain. The top right of the window shows a sagittal view of the brain. The bottom left of the window shows an axial (horizontal) view of the brain. Click the mouse at any brain location to move the blue viewing crosshairs.
