<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
(	O
pronounce	O
:	O
‘	O
a-VEE-zo	O
’	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	O
commercial	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
for	O
scientific	O
and	O
industrial	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
and	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Thermo	O
Fisher	O
Scientific	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Visualization	B-Application
and	O
Data	O
Analysis	O
Group	O
at	O
Zuse	O
Institute	O
Berlin	O
(	O
ZIB	O
)	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Amira	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
was	O
commercially	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
see	O
the	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
about	O
Amira	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
application	I-Application
which	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
perform	O
interactive	B-General_Concept
visualization	I-General_Concept
and	O
computation	O
on	O
3D	O
data	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Avizo	B-Algorithm
interface	O
is	O
modelled	O
on	O
the	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
interface	O
,	O
complex	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
interactively	O
explored	O
and	O
analyzed	O
by	O
applying	O
a	O
controlled	O
sequence	O
of	O
computation	O
and	O
display	O
processes	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
meaningful	O
visual	B-Application
representation	I-Application
and	O
associated	O
derived	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
has	O
been	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
applications	O
and	O
workflows	O
from	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
image	O
data	O
processing	O
to	O
simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
versatile	O
and	O
customizable	O
visualization	B-Application
tool	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
fields	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Tomography	B-Algorithm
,	O
Microscopy	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2D/3D	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Avizo	B-Algorithm
is	O
based	O
on	O
3D	O
graphics	O
toolkits	O
(	O
Visualization	B-Application
Sciences	O
Group	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
