IMARIS - a comprehensive

image processing toolbox

Daniel Reisen

http://www.bitplane.com1

What is Imaris

Why 3D

What additional information do we get from the 3rd

dimension?

What type of application or research fields can

Imaris be used for?

Imaris modules

Imaris demonstration

Agenda

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What is Imaris?

Software for data visualization, analysis,

segmentation and interpretation of 3D and

4D multi-channel microscopy datasets

Runs on 64-bit PC and MacOS systems

Supports over 40 microscopy file formats

(from wide-field fluorescence, confocal,

spinning disk, multi-photon, super-resolution,

electron, … microscopes) up to 50 Gb

Modular based application allows

customization of Imaris capabilities

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Why 3D?

Cells are 3-dimensional structures

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What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?

Structural comprehension

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What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?

Cell detection

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16 cell stage embryo

What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?

Neuron tracing

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What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?

Analytical plotting

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What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?

Cell tracking

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What type of application or research fields can

Imaris be used for?

Cancer Research

Neuroscience

Stem Cell Research

Cell Biology

Immunology

Developmental Biology

Pathology

Microbiology

Biochemistry

Cardiovascular Research

Plant biology

+ many others

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Imaris Modules

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