Table 1.
List of NIH Image and ImageJ Variants
| Program Name | Date Initiated | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NIH Image | 1987 | The predecessor of ImageJ created by Rasband; made for the Macintosh; no longer under active development |
| ImageSXM | May 1993 | A version of NIH Image for OS X extended by Steve Barrett; intended to handle loading, display and analysis of images from the scanning microscope |
| ImageJ | 1997 | The current version of ImageJ developed by Rasband; sometimes called ImageJ1 |
| ImageJ2× | Unknown | An offshoot of ImageJ; modified to use Swing interface; no longer under active development |
| ImageJA | July 2005 | An offshoot of ImageJ developed by Johannes Schindelin; used as the core of Fiji |
| Fiji | December 2007 | Fiji Is Just ImageJ; a “batteries included” distribution of ImageJ popular in the life sciences |
| ImageJX | March 2009 | Created by Grant Harris to discuss improvements to ImageJ; formed the basis of an application to NIH which launched ImageJDev |
| ImageJ2 (ImageJDev) | December 2009 | Under development by the ImageJDev project; a complete rewrite of ImageJ; includes ImageJ1 to allow for old-style plugins and macros |
| MBF_ImageJ | 2005 | Bundle developed by Tony Collins for light microscopists; plugins from MBF_ImageJ can be installed on Fiji combining the programs |
| SalsaJ | Unknown | An offshoot of ImageJ intended for astronomy; designed for use in classrooms; available in over 30 languages |
| CellProfiler | Free, open-source software started by Anne Carpenter and Thouis Jones; aids biologists without computer vision training to quantitatively measure cell images automatically | |
| ICY | Created by the Quantitative Image Analysis Unit at Institute Pasteur, ICY provides integrated software to bridge the gap between users and developers through open-source software and a central website | |
| Bio7 | Application used for ecological modeling; integrated development environment; focuses on individual-based modeling and spatially explicit models | |
| Micro-Manager | Open-source microscopy software; controls automated microscopes; comprehensive imaging solution when used with ImageJ; developed by Arthur Edelstein, Ziah Dean, Henry Pinkard and Nico Stuurman |