Features
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ImarisFull3D |
ImarisBasic |
| Classic Views: Experience how Bitplane made
its standard views dynamic! |
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Slicer, Gallery, Multi plane sectioning for extended focus |
Detail inspection of quality of image. Unique is
Bitplane's easy and consistent way for zooming and panning. |
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Standard fixed-view shadow and maximum intensity
projections. |
Get a quick and high-quality view onto your images
without the need to adust parameters. |
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| Full 3D Viewer |
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multiple processor support for high-quality rendering by ray
tracing |
In theory: Higher image quality than hardware
blending, shadows which are not available in hardware. In practice:
quality not as good as it can be. |
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real-time 3D preview visualization |
Fully interactive instant, high-quality view. Unique in its speed (we
can do 10-100 frames per second depending on size of image).
The term preview is an understatement. The image is rendered in full
resolution and the quality is excellent; good for publications. |
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maximum intensity projection (MIP) |
In this mode all the bright voxels can be seen. It
gives a complete see-through view. Most impressive with real-time
rotations. |
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arbitrary lighting and shadowing |
Shadows give our eyes good hints of 3D structures. |
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stereo views (red/cyan or LCD
glasses) |
Imprssive views. The observer can go "into" the
dataset. |
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material property editor |
User can change transparency of channels. One can see
structures inside other structures. |
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animation editor producing QuickTime, AVI output |
User can store animations in a format which can be
interchanged with people that do not have access to Imaris. |
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| Image Processing, Transformations |
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baseline, gamma, thresholding, noice removal, flip,
rotation |
Image processing functions are required to prepare images for
high-quality rendering.
Baseline removes "fog". Gauss makes structures "smoother" and less
rough. |
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resampling (change
resolution) |
User can speed up processing by making image smaller.
Need for computer resources is also greatly reduced. |
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combine channels |
Example of application: User can visualize image
before and after deconvolution in one Imaris view by loading the two
images into two channels. |
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| Image Loader |
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Drag and Drop |
Easiest way to load image: just drag the image file
into any viewer. Convenience. |
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Imaris Classic and Imaris 3 |
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Virtually all of the formats
used in confocal microscopy. |
Allows user to process images without the need to convert them. For
large images (especially time series) this is a big time-saver and
space-saver.
Allows the user to leave image in the format in which they were
acquired. This gives them the possibility to continue to process them with
the acquisition software and in parallel with Imaris. |
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Many formats used in
wide-field image acquisition |
Similar reasoning than for confocal. |
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| Editors |
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user specific preferences, image parameters |
Every user can choose his personal defaults. |
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color editor (base color mode, lookup table
mode) |
Allows the user to quickly change visual appearance of data. We can
change the color instantly in all views.
Imaris can process any number of channels. |
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data type editor (8, 16, 32 bits per
voxel) |
Compatibility with acquisition systems.
For quantitative analysis the dynamic range is important. Message: we
use all the information that is in the image. |
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image crop editor |
User can choose interesting part of image only. This speeds up
processing and reduces need for computer resources.
Often the acquition volume is larger than the object of interest to
make sure that everything is captured. |
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| Interoperability |
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output generated using standard tiff format |
Imaris procedurs standard output. Users can easily
take Imaris output into other applications by copy-paste or through
exchanging TIFF files. |
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movie output in QuickTime/AVI |
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data exchange with image database (image access, Selima) |
Time saver. By automatic storage of result images
into ImageAccess the user does not need to organize the results
"manually". |
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