> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://gitbook.brown.edu/xromm/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://gitbook.brown.edu/xromm/xromm-introduction-to-xromm.md).

# Introduction to XROMM

## XROMM Introduction <a href="#introductiontoxromm-xrommintroduction" id="introductiontoxromm-xrommintroduction"></a>

### X-Ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology [(XROMM)](http://www.xromm.org/) is an X-ray imaging and computational process that produces precise and accurate 3D movies of skeletal movement. See [www.xromm.org](http://www.xromm.org/) and the publications below for general information about XROMM. <a href="#introductiontoxromm-x-rayreconstructionofmovingmorphology-xromm-isanx-rayimagingandcomputationalproc" id="introductiontoxromm-x-rayreconstructionofmovingmorphology-xromm-isanx-rayimagingandcomputationalproc"></a>

### At Brown University we have developed three main approaches to XROMM: <a href="#introductiontoxromm-atbrownuniversitywehavedevelopedthreemainapproachestoxromm" id="introductiontoxromm-atbrownuniversitywehavedevelopedthreemainapproachestoxromm"></a>

1. Marker-based XROMM workflow [(Brainerd et al., 2010](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.589/abstract))
2. Scientific Rotoscoping workflow, *i.e.* manual markerless XROMM [(Gatesy et al., 2010)](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.588/abstract)
3. XROMM AutoScoper software, *i.e.* automated markerless XROMM [(Miranda et al., 2011)](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267989/)

### Storing and Managing XROMM Data <a href="#introductiontoxromm-storingandmanagingxrommdata" id="introductiontoxromm-storingandmanagingxrommdata"></a>

We have also developed the X-ray Motion Analysis Portal [XMA Portal](https://xma.xromm.brown.edu/) for storing, viewing and managing X-ray movie data and associated metadata.

### XROMM Wiki and XMALab Bitbucket Wiki <a href="#introductiontoxromm-xrommwikiandxmalabbitbucketwiki" id="introductiontoxromm-xrommwikiandxmalabbitbucketwiki"></a>

[XMALab](https://github.com/XROMMPackages) is software for marker-based XROMM. It replaces the MATLAB XrayProject workflows. The [XMALab GitHub User Manual Wiki](https://github.com/XROMMPackages/xmalab/wiki) and [Releases are on GitHib](https://github.com/XROMMPackages/xmalab/releases) only.&#x20;

### [Tutorial for XMALab with example data](http://xmaportal.org/sandbox/larequest.php?request=explorePublicStudy\&StudyID=49\&instit=SANDBOX1) is a great way to get started with XMALab. <a href="#introductiontoxromm-tutorialforxmalabwithexampledataisagreatwaytogetstartedwithxmalab." id="introductiontoxromm-tutorialforxmalabwithexampledataisagreatwaytogetstartedwithxmalab."></a>

### [XROMM Short Course Lectures](https://brown.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%22d0ceb1ba-76d7-4dbf-b3a6-6f67bbd16f4a%22) from June 2016 <a href="#introductiontoxromm-xrommshortcourses" id="introductiontoxromm-xrommshortcourses"></a>

From 2010-2016 the XROMM development team at Brown University ran a week-long summer XROMM Short Course. The lectures were recorded and are available on [Panopto from the 2016 Short Course](https://brown.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Sessions/List.aspx#folderID=%22d0ceb1ba-76d7-4dbf-b3a6-6f67bbd16f4a%22).

### Autoscoper

Recently (2023-2025) an international group of scientists has been working with Kitware to improve Autoscoper and integrate it into the 3DSlicer environment. They have developed [SlicerAutoscoperM (SAM)](https://autoscoperm.slicer.org/).