Software Imaging Image Analysis Processing Capture: I-CUBE

Software for image analysis, image processing, and machine vision for Scientists, Engineers, and other Professionals has evolved into numerous powerful, affordable, and user friendly options.

General Purpose Capture/Analysis
IPLab (Win 2000, XP) $3,495 is Scientific Imaging Software for Digital Microscopy, Vision Systems, and Automated Image Processing. IPLab's modular software design allows users to customize image acquisition, processing, measurement, and analysis functions to solve a wide variety of application requirements. IPLab offers optional plug-in software extension modules to perform specialized tasks and to control automated microscopes, shutters, filters, and many other devices. It has many applications in analytical imaging, including fluorescence and brightfield microscopy, ratiometric imaging, deconvolution, and automated sample screening applications. You can measure many image parameters, such as object dimensions, number, and pixel intensities. NEW VERSION RELEASED: IPLab 4.0 for Windows New features include 6D acquisition, hardware and software based autofocus, stack processing, contiguous buffers for fast capture, enhanced support for acquisition and automation devices. IMPORTANT NOTE: IPLab for Mac OS was discontinued in 2006 - please contact us for available options.
Image-Pro Plus (Win 2000, XP) $4,799 is the industry leading image analysis software package with the largest installed based in the world. It provides a full range of capabilities for image capture, analysis, processing, enhancement, measurement, archival, communication, report generation, and output. Image-Pro Plus is the ultimate image analysis software package for fluorescence imaging, quality assurance, materials imaging, and various other scientific, medical, and industrial applications. Extensive customization tools allow users to create application-specific macros, plug-ins, or create their own custom interface. Further extend the functionality of Image-Pro Plus with the following integrated plug-in modules: Scope-Pro automated microscope control, AFA advanced fluorescence acquisition, SharpStack Plus image deconvolution, and 3D Constructor three-dimensional reconstruction and measurement. NEW VERSION RELEASED: Image-Pro Plus 6.2 New features include Windows XP x64 support, improved capture interface, 3D imaging tools, deconvolution (2D, nearest neighbor, no neighbor), enhanced measurement calculations and charting, interactive menu editor for interface customization, "dark mode" for low light laboratory environments, serial/parallel port control, and improved file handling capabilities.
Image-Pro Express (Win 2000, XP) $1,500 is the cost-effective image enhancement and measurement software perfect for basic imaging or image capture stations. As the introductory product in the Image-Pro software series, Image-Pro Express comes equipped with the basic features needed to capture, enhance, and make basic measurements on images for scientific, medical, and industrial research. An upgrade path to Image-Pro Plus is offered. Image-Pro Express is an excellent choice for photo documentation, as the entire image capture functionality of Image-Pro Plus is included. NEW VERSION RELEASED: Image-Pro Express 6.0 Features include extended depth of field (EDF), color composite for multi-wavelength fluorescence, edge detection and other enhancement filters, FFT processing, 3D surface plot, caliper tool, thickness tool, best fit line, circle, and arc measurements.
XCAP (Win 95, 98, NT, ME, 2000, XP, Linux) $1,495 is a powerful image analysis software package designed to augment the features of PIXCI imaging boards. XCAP puts image processing power at fingertip control and continues the EPIX tradition of having frame grabbers and software more highly integrated with specific camera models than any other manufacturer. XCAP combines an easy-to-use Java graphical user interface with highly efficient, brute force "C" and assembler image processing routines. Multi-threading allows virtually unlimited image views, graphs, and analyses of one or multiple images. A script language is included for customization and automation of repetitive functions. Combined with PIXCI imaging boards, which offer the broadest support available for all types of cameras, XCAP provides the most highly integrated and powerful menu-driven software option available for high performance imaging.
Real-Time Streaming/Recording
Stream-Pro (Win 2000, XP) $995 - 1,495 Digital Video Recording software supports capture of compressed or uncompressed video streams from standard and scientific grade image capture devices, to system memory or hard disk drives at up to 625 Mbytes/second. An intuitive "virtual VCR" interface offers simple record, play, browse, step, and pause controls, and saves video sequences in the standard AVI or multi-TIFF formats, or as individual frames in TIFF, BMP, and JPEG. An entire sequence can also be viewed as a "gallery" in a web browser for comparative purposes. Stream-Pro is fully compatible with WDM codecs which allow users to compress video streams for sharing or inclusion in presentations (ie PowerPoint files at a conference). Many plug-ins are included for specialized needs, extensive triggering options are supported, and a macro builder is included for automating complex repetitive tasks.
Deconvolution
AutoDeBlur (Win 2000, XP) $2,500 - 9,400 offers the most powerful Deconvolution tools available, including AutoQuant's proprietary Blind Deconvolution, which is both iterative and constrained, yet unlike other deconvolution products, it does not require the manual calibration and measurement of the point spread function (PSF). Instead, it constructs the PSF directly from the collected data set. AutoDeblur works with Widefield Epi-Fluorescence, DIC, Transmitted-Light Brightfield and most Confocal microscopes including Two-Photon and Spinning Disk. AutoDeblur is a multi-dimensional platform, capable of handling 3D time-series datasets; instead of loading each time point one at a time, and processing them through a batch process, they can be loaded and processed as a single dataset. Another advantage of AutoDeblur is the ability to load a nearly limitless number of channels, freeing you from the constraints of RGB. Advanced researchers are increasingly using multiple lasers and dyes, and AutoQuant steps up to let their image processing be limited by their hardware rather than their software. In addition, users also have full control over the display of each channel.
Multi-Dimensional Visualization
AutoVisualize-3D (Win 2000, XP) $4,400 The goal of creating, enhancing, and saving images is to see, analyze and measure them, from all angles. AutoVisualize will let you do just that. With AutoQuant's 5D Viewer, time-series datasets can be rotated through time to any angle, an orthogonal slice can be moved through the dataset, you can create movies showing the full rotation of the dataset, and multiple projections are available for dynamic display of your dataset. Side by side before and after comparison has never been easier than now with AutoQuant X�s multiPreviewer capability. Multiple concurrent 5D Viewers can be opened and synchronized for striking comparisons of data. Use the Movie Maker feature to create an .avi file of a movie as your data rotates through time, and use it in a PowerPoint presentation, or post it to the web. With AutoVisualize� , you can measure distances between objects, measure the surface area and volume of objects, and calculate statistics on the dataset. Once deconvolving and viewing the dataset is complete, analysis is the next step. With AutoVisualize, you can measure distances between objects, measure the surface area and volume of objects, and calculate statistics on the dataset.
Gel Analysis
Gel-Pro Analyzer (Win 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP) $2,499 increases laboratory productivity and efficiency by eliminating the time consuming steps involved in manually analyzing Southern, Northern, and Western blots, dot and slot blots, and quantitative PCR. Gel-Pro was jointly designed with molecular biologists for intuitive, easy-to-use analysis without compromising the features necessary to achieve meaningful results. Categories of analysis include lanes, lane profiles, bands, molecular weight, dot/blot, area density, and colony counting.
Machine Vision
DT Vision Foundry (Win 2000, XP) $3,495 is a rapid development environment for creating high-accuracy inspection applications. Using the Point & Click Script Tool, simply add one or more of the graphical image acquisition, processing, inspection, and analysis tools that DT Vision Foundry provides into a �script� to create complete, robust, production-ready inspection applications � all without writing any code! Add BASIC-like code using the Custom Script Tool, or create custom tools using Visual C++ and the supplied library of object-oriented API functions. For image capture GLI/2 supports Data Translation frame grabbers, DirectShow compatible IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB cameras, and includes TWAIN support. Using the Input-Output tools, you can share data, variables, and communicate with other applications and external devices. NEW VERSION RELEASED: DT Vision Foundry V3.7 New features include FDA 21 CFR Part 11 support; new Color Split Tool; an Image Modifier tool; enhanced blob analysis, ROI manager, edge finder functions; the ability to save scripts in XML format