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.

1. 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).

Here are instructions 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 an MRI brain on your screen. To make it easier to see, you can enlarge the window.

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 a an axial (horizontal) view of the brain. Click the mouse at any brain location to move the blue viewing crosshairs.

Congratulations!! You have installed MRIcroN software.