Inc. AVS is a visualization application software and development environment. AVS accepts data and attempts to create a visual display of the data in a variety of forms using different visualization techniques. AVS is structured around their concept of a module. AVS comes with 110 modules, and the International AVS Center provides access to a much larger set of modules contributed by the AVS user community. Filters transform data into data, e.g. contrast stretch or edge detect.
Mappers transform data into geometry, e.g isosurface or arbitrary slice.
And data output modules write data to files, send data to peripheral devices, or render data, e.g displaying geometry, images and volumes on the screen. Excellent functionality, excellent video tape training available, bit costly.