Table 2 Selected examples for image processing software
From: Methods to study organogenesis in decapod crustacean larvae II: analysing cells and tissues
Freely available | Operating system | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
General image processing | |||
Adobe Photoshop (Adobe Inc.) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | ||
CorelDRAW (Corel Corporation) | Microsoft Windows; macOS | ||
FIJI/ImageJ | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Open source, extremely variable in options, various plugins available [153] |
GIMP | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Open source [157] |
Stacking (Z-Stacks) | |||
Zerene Stacker (Zerene Systems LLC) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | ||
Image Analyzer (MeeSoft, Michael Vinter) | Yes | Microsoft Windows | MultiFocus plugin [158] |
Combine ZM/ZP (Alan Hadley) | Yes | Microsoft Windows | |
Stitching (X-/Y-AXIS) | |||
Adobe Photoshop (Adobe INC.) (photomerge) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Photomerge plugin “Interactive Layout” only available up to CS5 | |
Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE) | Yes | Microsoft Windows | |
3D imaging/3D reconstruction (μCT, CLSM, sectional image stacks) | |||
Amira (Zuse Institute Berlin; Thermo Fisher Scientific) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | ||
Imaris (Bitplane) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; | ||
VGSTUDIO Max (Volume Graphics) | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | ||
Drishti (Ajay Limaye) | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Open source [159] |
SPIERS (Palaeoware; Mark Sutton, Russell Garwood, Alan R.T. Spencer) | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Open source [160] |
Microscopy Image Browser (MIB; Electron Microscopy Unit, University of Helsinki) | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | [161] |
Blender (Blender Foundation) | Yes | Microsoft Windows; macOS; Linux | Open source; Postprocessing 3D Models, Surface visualisation [162] |
Osirix (Pixmeo SARL) | Yes, in lite version | macOS | |