1. IMARIS - a comprehensive
image processing toolbox
Daniel Reisen
http://www.bitplane.com
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2. Agenda
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
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3. 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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4. Why 3D?
Cells are 3-dimensional structures
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5. What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?
Structural comprehension
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6. What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?
Cell detection
16 cell stage embryo
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7. What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?
Neuron tracing
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8. What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?
Analytical plotting
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9. What additional information do we get from the 3rd dimension?
Cell tracking
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10. 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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11. Imaris Modules
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