PIVlab - particle image velocimetry (PIV) tool with GUI

Easy to use, GUI based tool to capture, analyze, validate, postprocess, visualize and simulate PIV data. http://PIVlab.de

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Thielicke, W. (2022) Pulse-length induced motion blur in PIV particle images: To be avoided at any cost?. Proceedings of the Fachtagung Experimentelle Strömungsmechanik 2022, 6.–8. September 2022, Ilmenau, Germany, ISBN 978-3-9816764-8-8, https://www.gala-ev.org/images/Beitraege/Beitraege2022/pdf/04.pdf

Thielicke, William, and René Sonntag. “Particle Image Velocimetry for MATLAB: Accuracy and Enhanced Algorithms in PIVlab.” Journal of Open Research Software, vol. 9, no. 1, Ubiquity Press, Ltd., May 2021, p. 12, doi:10.5334/jors.334.

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3.14

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3.12.001

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3.12

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3.10

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3.09

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3.08

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3.07

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3.06

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3.05

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3.02

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3.01

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3.00

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2.63.0.0

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2.62.0.0

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2.61

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2.60

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2.59

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2.58

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2.57

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2.56

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2.55

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2.54

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2.53

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2.50

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2.46

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2.45

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2.44

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2.41

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2.40

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2.39

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2.38

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2.37

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2.36.5

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2.36.4

GNU statement somehow persisted...
2.31

Update notes here: https://pivlab.blogspot.com/2019/10/pivlab-update-231.html
2.20

See here: https://pivlab.blogspot.com/2019/09/pivlab-update-22.html
2.02

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2.01

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2.0

Major update, rewrote the whole user interface: More info:
https://pivlab.blogspot.com/2018/11/major-update-pivlab-20.html
1.50

Feature, performance and compatibility updates, see:
https://pivlab.blogspot.com/2018/10/pivlab-update-v150.html
1.43.0.0

Details here: https://pivlab.blogspot.de/2018/03/pivlab-update-143.html
1.42.0.0

Updated description
Fixed small graphical issues.
Updated description
1.41.0.0

See http://pivlab.blogspot.de/2016/02/pivlab-141.html
1.34.0.0

enabled 'toolbox install'
1.33.0.0

A compatibility problem with uipickfiles.m and r2015a was fixed (thanks to Douglas Schwarz).
1.32.0.0

PIVlab 1.4: r2014b compatible & several small tweaks
1.31.0.0

Added link to the PIVlab forum in the help menu
Updated links to references because my papers / thesis are now published
1.30.0.0

just added link to forum in description
1.29.0.0

Added the script 'Accuracy.m' where you can do a simple accuracy test on your system.
1.28.0.0

Updates described on
http://pivlab.blogspot.de/2014/06/pivlab-update-135.html
1.27.0.0

version 1.32 updates:
http://pivlab.blogspot.de/2012/09/pivlab-update-132.html
1.24.0.0

version 1.31 updates:
http://pivlab.blogspot.de/2012/03/pivlab-131.html
1.19.0.0

See the changes and additional features here:
http://pivlab.blogspot.com/2012/01/pivlab-13.html
1.17.0.0

Added an example for using PIVlab via the command line:
PIVlab_commandline.m
1.16.0.0

Changed default PIV algo to "multi-pass window deformation"
1.14.0.0

v 1.2:
*Added a multi-pass window deformation technique for much better PIV results (less noise, better response to gradients, less peak-locking)
*Streamlines added
*Improved image export
1.13.0.0

v1.131: when deleting some vectors manually and then starting a new session, PIVlab ran into problems. This was fixed.
1.12.0.0

Manual vector rejection improvements (PIVlab remembers previously discarded vectors)
1.11.0.0

PIVlab 1.13: Statistics toolbox no longer necessary thans to the NaN Suite by J. Gläscher.
1.9.0.0

PIVlab 1.12:
Changed figure and all UI element units from pixels to points. This hopefully solves some problems with displaying the GUI. Please give me feedback on this.
1.8.0.0

corrected typo...
1.7.0.0

PIVlab 1.11: fixed a bug with incorrect results for line/ circle/ area extractions when a ROI was applied. Added a feature to calculate mean velocities of the whole session.
1.6.0.0

PIVlab 1.1 released. New features added & improvements (see description).
1.5.0.0

Updated products required
1.4.0.0

several slight improvements (search for missing image files, colorbar in exported images etc.)
1.3.0.0

updated credits
1.1.0.0

updated description
1.0.0.0

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To view or report issues in this GitHub add-on, visit the GitHub Repository.