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The '''Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sci.utah.edu/|title=SCI webpage}}</ref> is a permanent research institute at the [[University of Utah]]. It is a leader in engineering and research in the areas of [[scientific computing]], [[Visualization (computer graphics)|visualization]], and [[imaging science|imaging]]. It focuses on solving computational and imaging problems in medicine, geophysics, chemical engineering, molecular dynamics, aerospace, fluid mechanics, combustion, and atmospheric dispersion.

== Associated Researchresearch Centerscenters ==

The SCI Institute houses [[NIH]] Center for Integrative Biomedical Computing (CIBC) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sci.utah.edu/cibc/|title=CIBC Homepage}}</ref> and is associated with several other national research centers:

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* NIH Center for Computational Biology.

== [[Open Source]]source Softwaresoftware released by SCIreleases ==

[[Image:Iv3d-torso.png|250px|thumb| A [[Computed tomography|CT]] scan of a human torso rendered with ImageVis3D]]

Besides research in the areas mentioned above, a particular focus of the SCI Institute has been to develop innovative and robust software packages, suchand release them as [[open source]]. Examples:

* SCIRun, a scientific [[Problem Solving Environment|problem solving environment]] (PSE) for modeling, simulation and visualization of scientific problems (includes BioPSE);