Image Analysis – Software and Analysis Services
We are a full-service facility offering access to multiple image analysis software packages and providing expert consulting for analysis projects.
Our offerings include ImageJ for straightforward analysis as well as the Imaris for Core Facilities Package for high-content analysis and image processing.
- ImageJ is a versatile platform developed by the NIH for all-access analysis needs.
- Imaris is a user-friendly and extremely powerful package that excels in visually presenting 3D and 4D datasets. It boasts robust capabilities for conducting quantitative analyses on multi-dimensional images, and seamlessly manages a wide array of commercial fluorescence microscopy file formats.
Our Imaris workstation, built by Puget Systems, is fully equipped with all Imaris packages. It features a powerful AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX 32-core processor, 512 GB of RAM, and NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation graphics card, ensuring top-notch performance for advanced imaging data analysis.
Dr. Zhengxin Ma and Dr. Robert Wheeler are available for image analysis consultation.
Please email Dr. Ma at zhengxin.ma@maine.edu.
The current licensed Imaris includes all the packages:
- 3D/4D visualization and quantification
- Imaris TrackLineage – track motion in 2D/3D over time, detect divisions, and
create lineage tree - Imaris Cell – segment and analyze cells and their compartments
- Imaris Filament Tracer – trace filamentous structures, neurons, vessels, and detect spines
- ClearView deconvolution
- Imaris Stitcher – precise alignment and stitching of multiple image tiles
- Customized Analysis with Matlab, Python, Java, and R
If you are unsure whether ImageJ or Imaris is the right fit for your needs, reach out to
MIAC today and let’s explore together!