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        <h3>This is a very old branch of Three-dimensional Particle Tracking software </h3>
        <p><big> Three-dimensional particle tracking velocimetry (3D-PTV) is one
            of the velocimetry methods, i.e. a technique to measure the velocity of
            particles". 3D-PTV is the three-dimensional method, measuring
            velocity and velocity gradients along particle trajectories, i.e. in
            Lagrangian framework, in three dimensions and in time. This is among
            the few techniques that can measure objects' motion in the fluid flow of
            whatever complexity, three-dimensionality and unsteadiness. It is
            possible to obtain the full field of velocity, velocity derivatives, and the Lagrangian acceleration and its spatial derivatives
            of higher moments. </big></p>
        <h2> This software is ARCHIVED - Use OpenPTV - Open-Source Particle Tracking Velocimetry <a href="http://www.openptv.net"> OpenPTV </a> </h2>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="wiki/an_introduction_to_3d_ptv/index.html">Background -
              what is 3D-PTV?</a>;</li>
          <li><a href="https://github.com/3dptv/3dptv/blob/master/INSTALL.rst">
              How to install 3D-PTV?</a> </li>
          <li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/3dptv/3dptv"> How to
              contribute to 3D-PTV? </a> </li>
          <li> <a href="wiki/Documentation_and_manual/index.html">
              Documentation </a> </li>
          <li><a href="wiki/3d_ptv_projects/index.html"> Showcases of the 3D-PTV
              projects </a> </li>
          <li> <a href="http://www.photrack.ch/"> New:
                Professional consulting by Beat Lüthi's startup photrack AG </a>
            </li>
           <li> <a href="wiki/additional_software/index.html"> Additional software and derivative work </a>
            </li>
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