BrainMap Sleuth 3.0.4 ReadMe
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What's New in Sleuth 3.0.4 [June 8, 2020]
Fixing a bug that kept Sleuth from securely communicating with our databases
What's New in Sleuth 3.0.3 [May 28, 2019]
Fixing a bug in the radiobutton interface that selects which BrainMap database is being used
What's New in Sleuth 3.0.2 [May 16, 2019]
Fixing a bug in "Export as Subject Groups" that would prevent exporting a workspace that has individual locations de-selected
What's New in Sleuth 3.0.1 [May 2, 2019]
Updating to newer servlet that supports age range classifications and some new Subject fields
What's New in Sleuth 3.0 [February 5, 2019]
New feature - a "Filter" field below the workspace to quickly search the meta-data of papers in your workspace. The filter is also used when saving or exporting your dataset.
New feature - "Automatic Grouping" is a new option when exporting your datasets. It checks the number of subjects in a paper, if there are multiple subject groups then the paper uses subject-wise groups, otherwise it combines the selected experiments in the paper into a single group. One exception, if the subject groups have identical locations "Automatic Grouping" uses the experiment-wise method instead.
What's New in Sleuth 2.4 [November 20, 2015]
Support for Scribe 3.0's new Template information. This includes bug fixes for a couple exporting and coordinate-transforming issues in 2.3.3
Changed Export Citation information to use a pipe symbol between experiment names
Fixed a bug related to loading older Scribe ent files directly into Sleuth (Thanks Moriah!)
What's New in Sleuth 2.3.3 [July 15, 2014]
Supports the new secure certificate and the new server
What's New in Sleuth 2.3.2/a> [May 21, 2014]
Improved error handling when downloading paper data with invisible characters
What's New in Sleuth 2.3.1 [May 19, 2014]
Sleuth.app is now signed, removing the "Unknown developer" warning on Mac OS X
What's New in Sleuth 2.3 [April 28, 2014]
Supports sparsely-coded papers
Improved support for unicode characters
New dialog lists which experiments couldn't be found in a workspace (can be due to mismatched unicode characters)
Supports opening .vbm files directly into Sleuth
Changed downloading dialog to count down the number of papers left
Added "Show All" / "Show Non-zero" buttons to Behavioral and Paradigm Histogram profiles
Bug fixes:
- more robust paper download which can continue downloading papers even if an invalid paper is found
- improved support for removed papers (automatically replaced with alternate paper ID)
- displaying proper Brain Template for VBM papers in Workspace
- fixed a bug where total counts wouldn't update after sorting table (Thanks Masayoshi!)
What's New in Sleuth 2.2 [June 16, 2013]
Doubles the supported volume of image-based searches to 10,000 mm3
Improved default search items:
- Functional - Context of Normal Mapping & Activations only
- VBM - Contrast of Gray/White Matter
Support for Mac OS X 10.8's Gatekeeper
What's New in Sleuth 2.1 [May 14, 2012]
Improved merging experiment selections when opening multiple workspaces (Thanks Jordan!)
Reinstates error messages in server communication (Thanks Nils!)
Fixed the intermittent file-opening-causes-apparent-hangup bug (Thanks Jan, Torsten, & cmcnorgan!)
What's New in Sleuth 2.0.3 [October 28, 2011]
Fixed a foci export bug present in 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 which joined multiple foci groups into a single foci group
What's New in Sleuth 2.0.2 [October 26, 2011]
Fixed a bug which showed the reference space of task papers to be listed as "Unknown" (Thanks timm & Konrad!)
Fixed a bug which caused items in the recent file menu to be duplicated
What's New in Sleuth 2.0.1 [October 11, 2011]
Added exporting locations by subject group as described in Turkeltaub et al, HBM 2012
What's New in Sleuth 2.0 [August 30, 2011]
New Features:
- Added support for Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) database
- Using new database server hardware and an improved communication to improve speed
- All server communication is now through ports 80 and 443, so there should be less issues with firewalls
- Updated search interface to separate search criteria and logic
- Added image-based search - requires 1x1x1mm voxel size and less than 5000mm3
- Added Experiment search for high/low level control and activation/deactivation (Functional database only)
- Workspaces can now be sorted on any column
- Added Recent Files menu item
- Search dialog now displays number of papers found as they are downloaded
Bug Fixes:
- Export GingerALE now uses min #subjects for experiments with multiple subject groups
- Fixed rounding bug in Convert Foci for negative coordinate values ending in ".99". (Thanks, Russ Poldrack)
- Export Endnote supports multiple authors better
- Improved error message and functionality when not connected to the internet
- Removed a duplication of Condition information in workspace
What's New in Sleuth 1.2 [August 24, 2009]
New Features:
- Histograms: added support for paradigm classes, added color and abbreviations to behavioral domains, added cumulative counts on the left, and added ROI options for limiting the local data shown
- Added subject information and reference space to locations exported as text (for GingerALE)
- Added a MNI option in Preferences which applies to exporting locations as text or as an image
- Added an Edit menu with "Select All" and "Select None" options which apply to search results and workspace papers
- Several small changes to the workspace tab: added workspace name to the window title, added number of subjects at the top, and some tweaks and additions to the paper information shown
- Database Statistics now includes Paradigm Classes
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a ROI bug that caused duplications of ROIs
- Enabled AND logic in location searches
- Workspaces and exported files are now saved incrementally, so large workspaces will not run out of memory
- If an error occurs while downloading a workspace (especially a large one), Sleuth will continue to download most of the papers instead of giving up
- Cleaned up label tree in location search
- Supports Spaces in Mac OS X
What's New in Sleuth 1.1 [October 3, 2007]
New Features:
- With the release of Version 1.1, we have transitioned from an old version of the Oracle database to an improved database. Under this new database structure, it is now possible to perform all AND and OR searches at the Experiment level. This facilitates greater precision in obtaining search results. With the release of this new database version, we require that you manually login to Sleuth with your username and password, even if you previously set the software to remember these fields.
- Altered the existing network connections to support proxies so that there is now a "Use HTTP Proxy" option to preferences. Please consult your system administrator if you need to use proxies.
- Added better feedback when there's no internet connection
- Moved Color options out of Preferences to "Tools->Color Options"
- Added "Check For Updates" to Help menu
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a ROI management bug (Thanks Ulrich!)
- Sleuth now remembers previous setting for ROI cube checkbox
- Added better SearchList checking
What's New in Sleuth 1.0 (Equivalent to Search&View 3.3) [April 13, 2007]
New Features:
- Simplified "ROI Options" window replaces the "New ROI" and "Edit ROI" windows
- ROI Coordinates can now be entered in either Talairach or MNI space (MNI coordinates are converted to Talairach space using the icbm2tal transform developed by Jack Lancaster)
- Added "Show Manual...", "Show Read Me..." and "Show License..." to the Help menu. These options show the manual (in .pdf format), readme, and license files in your default web browser
- "About" menu has been updated to include more information
- Added Export of "Locations (Image)". This option allows you to create an image of your foci in NIfTI format. No blurring of the coordinates is performed.
- Added "Short Description" to Brain Template in the workspace
Bug Fixes:
- Can now open & save workspaces (of imported data) when logged out
- PlotOptionDialog edits the correct location when sort order has been changed
- Scrollbar's arrow buttons now update the Plot (see "Known Issues")
- Changed Login Dialog so "Okay" is selected upon startup
- Save dialog file filter names are now more descriptive
Installation
Requirements:
- Around 256 MB memory
- Around 170 MB disk space
Java: The Mac and Windows versions include their own copy of Java 8, so Java version conflicts and updating are no longer an issue. The compromise is that it is now about 150 MB larger. The jar version is available without embedded Java as well.
Windows: Download the zip and unzip it to get a "Sleuth 3.0" folder which contains:
- Sleuth.exe - the main Sleuth program
- Sleuth_debug.exe - has a console window to show error messages
- Sleuth.jar - for command-line usage, but also used by both exe files
- jre - Sleuth's copy of Java Version 8
Macintosh: Download the app. It's using a Disk Image (.dmg), which is like a zip file, but it includes a secure signature that lets your Mac show fewer scary "Unknown Developer" warnings. If your browser doesn't automatically open the xip file, just double-click it and you should get Sleuth.app. Drag Sleuth.app to your Applications folder, or wherever you prefer, and start it up.
Other Systems: Get Java Version 8 or newer at Sun's official site: Java.com. Download Sleuth.jar. You may be able to run Sleuth by double clicking on the jar. Alternatively, use the command: java -cp your/path/to/Sleuth.jar org.brainmap.Sleuth
Sleuth Account:
Using Sleuth requires an account to BrainMap. Your information will be kept confidential and we will not send any unsolicited email. First sign up with a valid email address. After receiving a message with your account information, you may change your password. If you forgot your password, you can resend it.
Support
Feedback & Help:
The Sleuth Forum is available for reporting bugs, or questions about Sleuth or searching the database.
Thanks,
The BrainMap Development Team