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title: "Tomviz"
url: "https://help.dectris.cloud/en/article/tomviz"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-07-16T01:08:06.366Z"
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# Tomviz

## **Introduction**

The [Tomviz environment](https://app.dectris.cloud/sections/library/environments/public?id=019736fe-a2f8-70a1-9c93-0ac6d3fd0aec) provides users with a graphical tool for the processing, visualization, and analysis of tomography and related volumetric datasets. Tomviz facilitates intuitive workflows, enabling rapid visualization, segmentation, and quantitative analysis.

## **Environment configuration**

### **Installation directories**

-   **Tomviz** is installed in `/opt/tomviz/`.
-   Essential dependencies and libraries are pre-configured and automatically loaded upon environment startup.

### **Usage example**

Launch Tomviz by clicking on the icon in the Ubuntu application launcher:

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/721df778-9246-4d1e-ba72-89b08d244f0f)

It is also possible to launch the program from the terminal, using the following command:

```plaintext
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/tomviz/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
LD_PRELOAD=/opt/tomviz/lib/libffi.so.6 \
/opt/tomviz/bin/tomviz
```

## **Version history**

### **Version 0**

-   Initial installation of Tomviz 1.10.0

## **References**

1.  Tomviz page: [https://tomviz.org/](https://tomviz.org/)
2.  Tomviz license: [https://tomviz.org/licensing/](https://tomviz.org/licensing/)
3.  Citation: Schwartz, J., Harris, C., Pietryga, J. *et al.* Real-time 3D analysis during electron tomography using tomviz. *Nat Commun* **13**, 4458 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32046-0