Table 1.
Commercial software tools for image acquisition, processing, and analysis
| Product name | Supplier | 3D rendering | Movie generation | Deconvolution | Multi-core | Editing | Tracking of objects | Segmentation | Large datasets | High-throughput | Mesh generation | MacOS X | Linux/Unix | Windows 32 bits | Windows 64 bits | Data management | Web-based access | Extendable | Main purpose | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Able Image Analyser |
Mu Labs |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://able.mulabs.com/index.html |
| Acapella |
PerkinElmer |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.perkinelmer.com/pages/020/cellularimaging/products/acapella.xhtml |
| AcuityXpress |
Molecular Devices |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Storage/Analysis |
http://www.moleculardevices.com/Products/Software/High-Content-Analysis/AcuityXpress.html |
| Amira |
Vsg |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.vsg3d.com/amira/overview |
| Aphelion Dev |
ADCIS |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.adcis.net/en/Products/Aphelion-Dev-4.x/Overview.html |
| AutoQuant |
MediaCybernetics |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Processing |
http://www.mediacy.com/index.aspx?page=AutoQuant |
| AxioVision for Biology |
Zeiss |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Acquisition/Analysis |
http://microscopy.zeiss.com/microscopy/en_de/products/microscope-software/axiovision-for-biology.html |
| Clemex Vision PE |
CLEMEX |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Acquisition |
http://www.clemex.com/en/Products/Multipurpose-Image-Analysis/Clemex-Vision-PE/Description |
| Columbus |
PerkinElmer |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Storage/Analysis |
http://www.perkinelmer.com/pages/020/cellularimaging/products/columbus.xhtml |
| Developer XD |
Definiens |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://developer.definiens.com/overview.html |
| Digimizer |
MedCalc Software |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://www.digimizer.com/ |
| eCELLence |
Glance |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Cell Counting |
http://www.gvt.it/ecellence |
| GSA Image Analyser |
GSA |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://image.analyser.gsa-online.de/ |
| Huygens Software |
SVI |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Processing |
http://www.svi.nl/HuygensSoftware |
| Image-Pro Premier |
MediaCybernetics |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://www.mediacy.com/index.aspx?page=IP_Premier |
| imageWarp |
A&B Software |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.imagewarp.com/index.html |
| Imago |
MayaChitra |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://mayachitra.com/imago/index.html |
| Imaris |
Bitplane |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.bitplane.com |
| IN Cell Investigator |
GE Healthcare |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Analysis |
http://www.biacore.com/high-content-analysis/product-range/Overview/IN_Cell_Investigator/product_information/index.html |
| IN Cell Miner HCM |
GE Healthcare |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Storage |
http://www.biacore.com/high-content-analysis/product-range/Overview/IN_Cell_Investigator/data_management/index.html |
| iSolution DT |
i-Solution |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://www.imt-digital.com/english/html/productsIMT.php |
| LAS Image Analysis |
Leica |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
2D Analysis |
http://www.leica-microsystems.com/products/microscope-imaging-software/life-sciences/las-easy-and-efficient/details/product/leica-las-image-analysis/ |
| MetaMorph |
Molecular Devices |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Acquisition/Analysis |
http://www.moleculardevices.com/products/software/meta-imaging-series/metamorph.html |
| Pax-it! |
MIS |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Storage/Analysis |
http://www.paxit.com/paxit.asp |
| SlideBook |
3i |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
https://www.slidebook.com/ |
| softWoRx Suite |
Applied Precision |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Visualization |
http://www.api.com/softworx-suite.asp |
| Stream |
Olympus |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Storage/Analysis |
http://www.olympus-ims.com/en/microscope/stream/ |
| Volocity 3D |
PerkinElmer |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Analysis |
http://www.perkinelmer.com/pages/020/cellularimaging/products/volocity.xhtml |
| ZEN 2011 | Zeiss | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Acquisition/Analysis | http://microscopy.zeiss.com/microscopy/en_de/products/microscope-software/zen-2011.html |