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Dear SimVascular community,
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<div class="">Our development team has been hard at work and we have several announcements to share with you about the latest release of SimVascular. This message is meant to update current users on recent changes to our code base and also inform previous
users of the new SimVascular revitalization project (funded by the NSF) and encourage you to renew your interest and become informed about our project. </div>
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<div class="">Interested users (new and old) should visit our project website at </div>
<div class=""><a href="http://www.simvascular.org" class="">www.simvascular.org</a> </div>
<div class="">where you will find extensive updated documentation, background, tutorials, and clinical examples. We encourage new and old users to explore this site for the latest information and updates on the project. </div>
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<div class="">Our downloads and user forums are hosted at <a href="http://simtk.org" class="">
simtk.org</a>. Please visit our main project page here: </div>
<div class=""><a href="https://simtk.org/home/simvascular" class="">https://simtk.org/home/simvascular</a></div>
<div class="">SimVascular 2.0 beta version is now released, and we are providing precompiled binaries for all three major platforms (mac, windows, linux) as well as complete source code. We have replaced all previous commercial components that required paid
licenses, and we now able to make the software freely available to users. </div>
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<div class="">IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: </div>
<div class="">Our source code repository has recently MOVED to GitHub and you can find it here: </div>
<div class=""><a href="https://github.com/SimVascular/SimVascular" class="">https://github.com/SimVascular/SimVascular</a></div>
<div class="">The previous SVN repository on <a href="http://simtk.org" class="">
simtk.org</a> is no longer accessible for downloads or contributions! </div>
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<div class="">Please join our Facebook group for further discussions and announcements:</div>
<div class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/835227759855853/" class="">https://www.facebook.com/groups/835227759855853/</a></div>
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<div class="">For accompanying image data, models and simulation results that are compatible with SimVaascular, please visit the vascular model repository at:</div>
<div class=""><a href="http://www.vascularmodel.com" class="">www.vascularmodel.com</a></div>
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<div class="">We encourage your feedback and questions in our forums on <a href="http://simtk.org" class="">
simtk.org</a> or by email to <a href="mailto:simvascular@gmail.com" class="">simvascular@gmail.com</a> </div>
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<div class="">We hope you will continue to join us in improving SimVascular as the leading open source software for cardiovascular blood flow simulation research. We also strongly encourage participation from the community, both in research and in software
development. </div>
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<div class="">We continue to be grateful for the support of NSF in making our recent improvements to SimVascular possible. </div>
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<div class="">Best regards,</div>
<div class="">The SimVascular Development team. </div>
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<div class="">Alison Marsden</div>
<div class="">Stanford University</div>
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<div class="">Shawn Shadden</div>
<div class="">UC Berkeley</div>
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<div class="">Nathan Wilson</div>
<div class="">Open Source Medical Software Corporation</div>
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Alison Marsden<br class="">
Associate Professor<br class="">
Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering<br class="">
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering<br class="">
Stanford University <br class="">
<a href="mailto:amarsden@stanford.edu" class="">amarsden@stanford.edu</a></div>
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