Image Processing, Analysis and Presentation

When quantitative information is to be extracted from an image, the process is known as Image Analysis. Sometimes it is easier to extract the information after some other modifications have been made to the original image (for example, filtering out of noise). This latter procedure is an example of image processing. Most software packages incorporate both processing and analysis routines, and are given the generic description of "Image Analysis" Packages.

If the image is to be prepared for display purposes, perhaps using annotation or color overlays, we use the term "Image Presentation" to describe the software.

• Photoshop, with the Image Processing Toolkit plugins is the most widely used software in the facility, and combines these functions in one package.

• We also have a copy of SEMPER, a specialized and highly sophisticated image processing package designed for electron microscopy

• Utilities

• Some older Image Processing packages are also available, and potentially may be used on machines away from the facility.  Enquire for details.

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