Java Treeview---extensible visualization of microarray data

  • Authors:
  • Alok J. Saldanha

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

  • Venue:
  • Bioinformatics
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Summary: Open source software encourages innovation by allowing users to extend the functionality of existing applications. Treeview is a popular application for the visualization of microarray data, but is closed-source and platform-specific, which limits both its current utility and suitability as a platform for further development. Java Treeview is an open-source, cross-platform rewrite that handles very large datasets well, and supports extensions to the file format that allow the results of additional analysis to be visualized and compared. The combination of a general file format and open source makes Java Treeview an attractive choice for solving a class of visualization problems. An applet version is also available that can be used on any website with no special server-side setup. Availability:http://jtreeview.sourceforge.net under GPL.