Table 3.
A selective list of high-throughput visualization tools
| Name | Cost | OS | Description | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Pathway | $ | Win | Automated image acquisition, analysis, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/093OJ |
| Cellenger | $ | Win | Automated image analysis | http://tiny.cc/rARky |
| CellHTS Bioconductor (R) | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Analysis of cell-based screens, visualization of screening data, statistical analysis, links to bioinformatics resources |
http://www.bioconductor.org/ |
| CellProfiler CP-Analyst* | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Automated image analysis, classification, interactive data browsing, data mining and visualization; extensible, supports distributed processing |
http://www.cellprofiler.org/ |
| CompuCyte | $ | Win | Automated image acquisition, analysis, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/jHsAm |
| GE IN Cell Investigator, Miner | $ | Win | Automated image acquisition, analysis, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/9rFoh |
| Genedata Screener* | $ | Win, Mac, Linux | Data analysis and visualization | http://tiny.cc/HBfpY |
| Evotec Columbus, Acapella | $ | Win, Linux | Automated image analysis, distributed processing, data management (OME compatible), data mining and visualization |
http://tiny.cc/yvyek |
| HCDC | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Workflow management, data mining, statistical analysis, visualization, based on KNIME (http://www.knime.org/) |
http://hcdc.ethz.ch/ |
| iCluster | Free | Win, Mac, Linux | Spatial layout of imaging by statistical similarity, statistical testing for difference |
http://icluster.imb.uq.edu.au/ |
| MetaMorph MetaXpress, AcuityXpress* |
$ | Win, Mac, Linux | Automated image acquisition, analysis, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/OU9sf |
| Olympus Scan^R | $ | Win | Image acquisition, automated image analysis, extensible (with LabView) | http://tiny.cc/NtEhH |
| Pathfinder Morphoscan | $ | Win | Automated image analysis, cell and nuclear analysis, karyotyping, histoand cytopathology, high-content screening |
http://www.imstar.fr/ |
| Pipeline Pilot | $ | Win, Linux | Workflow management, image processing, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/uY4ZO |
| Spotfire* | $ | Win, Mac, Linux | Data analysis and visualization | http://tiny.cc/rtVeL |
| Thermo Scientific Cellomics | $ | Win | Automated image analysis, analysis, data mining and visualization | http://tiny.cc/Bt7Ov |
| TMALab | $ | Win | Automated image acquisition, storage, analysis, scoring, remote sharing and annotation; mainly for clinical pathology |
*
Recommended and popular tools. Free means the tool is free for academic use; $ means there is a cost. OS, operating system: Win, Microsoft Windows; Mac, Macintosh OS X. Tools running on Linux usually also run on other versions of Unix.