Data Acquisition Software, Image Analysis Software, Scientific Imaging, Medical Imaging, Image Pro, VayTek, deconvolution

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3-D oocyte
frog oocyte data, courtesty D. Gard
Processed with VoxBlast

Deconvolution Algorithms

MicroTome for Macintosh

MicroTome for Windows

VayTek's Homepage

VayTek, Inc.
505 N. 3rd St.
Suite 200
Fairfield, IA 52556

Data Acquisition Software and Image Analysis Software

VayTek supports and resells data acquisition and image analysis software that is compatible with MicroTome, VoxBlast, VolumeScan, other image processing applications, and with most microscopy hardware. VayTek supplies Image-Pro, IP Lab Spectrum and other stand-alone data acquisition/image analysis packages.

Call or email us with a description of the work you are doing, along with the hardware or software you may already have and we will suggest the appropriate data acquisition software. VayTek's technical staff is well-versed in medical imaging, biomedical imaging, industrial inspection, and data acquisition for scientific research. Contact VayTek.

NEW VayTek Image (TM) -- VayTek Image is an image processing and data acquisition software. It allows scientists to capture images in real time from their microscope and process the images to bring out the relevant features. This free download of VayTek Image provides software that can only use existing images to perform its functions. VayTek Image is designed to capture images from various digital cameras. Customers can contact VayTek to purchase and activate the camera controls.

Download VayTekImage 2.0.116, May 13, 2003, for Windows, 17.3 MB

More details: VayTek Image is a general purpose 2D Image acquisition and analysis tool. VayTek Image is not a deconvolution tool although it has menu items to launch Deconvolution, VolumeScan, VoxBlast, as well as VoxBlast Light and Blind Deconvolution.
Image Acquisition: Using TWAIN device interface, users can capture images and display them in the VayTek Image window. This function is available in the free version of VayTek Image. The user can also capture images from QImaging, QImaging Intensified, Hamamatsu, and Cooke cameras, but users must pay VayTek to have this capability activated.
Image Analysis: All of the basic image manipulation functions are included in the free version. This includes Rotation, Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation, and Gamma adjustments, Inverting, and Resizing. The user can convert images from color to gray, from 16 to 8 bit, merge colors, extract channels, and annotate. Users can take simple measurements, apply one of 19 filters, use cutting tools, fill, and much more. Contact VayTek for more information.

VolumeScan for Windows 9X/NT

VolumeScan is a group of software modules developed by VayTek that requires the current version of Image-Pro Plus for Windows. VolumeScan is designed to make the setup and control of hardware add-ons easy and simple. The modules range from simple control of one Z azis motor, to the more complex, coordinated control of an X & Y stage, a Z axis motor, shutter and filter wheel to capture color images over time from dim fluorescent specimens. You may Download VolumeScan Demo (6.1 MB)

VolumeScan includes complex, coordinated control of an X & Y stage, Ludl filter wheel and shutter control, as well as control for the CRI color filter C-Mnt to C-Mnt add-on that gives a grayscale CCD camera true color capability for most microscope systems. The filter wheel allows you to capture multiple stacks of images using different fluorescence filters and different exposure times. It also includes time lapse volume scanning control for capturing multiple volumes over time. Time lapse volume scanning requires large amounts of hard disk space. VolumeScan controls any camera that is compatible with Image-Pro and a Z axis motor. Current Z axis systems supported include Ludl and Polytec as well as the automated Zeiss Axiophot 2, Olympus AX-70, Leica DMR and the Nikon Eclipse.(In the past, VolumeScan has supported other Z-stage systems not mentioned above. If you have a Z-stage system not mentioned above, please contact VayTek to find out if support is available in future developments.) VolumeScan also includes integration control for a cooled CCD camera.

VTrace - General Purpose, Region-based, 2D Image Analysis Program

VTrace is a 2D image measurement program developed by VayTek. It creates regions of interest and outputs statistics based on those regions of interest. The statistics include ROI statistics and pixel statistics. ROI statistics are area, perimeter, length, major/minor axes, xy position, centroid and histogram. Pixel statistics include mean, standard deviation, maximum, minimum, running sum, etc. VTrace has a palette editor and allows for spatial and intensity calibration of the 2D image. It also allows the user to crop and cut to the ROI, then save the cropped images. This lets the user fill an ROI, and save a series of cropped or filled ROIs to create subvolumes. It also has a tracing editor and allows for autotracing of the images. VTrace reads and writes 8 bit or 16 bit raw images. It also reads and writes the TIFF image format, and the SGI image library format.

Features

computes 2D statistics on regions of interest and pixels
palette editor
sophisticated tracing editor
creates subvolumes

Applications

2D and 3D microscopy
volumetric editing
MR and CT scans
densitometry
X-ray analysis
general purpose 2D region analysis program

Technical Specifications

written in X11 and Motif
supports 8 bit pseudocolor and 24 bit visuals
8 bit or 16 bit images, raw or TIFF format

Requirements

most UNIX platforms
X11 server
24 bit (recommended) or 8 bit color monitor
64 Mb RAM (larger data sets may require additional RAM)

Slice Align - Software to Align and Register a Stack of 2D Images

The Slice Align package developed by VayTek consists of two programs: the first program lets a user align a stack of 2D images so they can be used in 3D reconstruction or deconvolution. The user identifies fiduciary points on two consecutive images, then aligns the two images to those selected points. After all the images are aligned, the second program loads all the images into memory and computes the final adjustments automatically using a least squares approach. These programs currently run on SGI and IBM computers. Contact VayTek for details.

This program is often used with Surfer described below.

Surfer - 3D Surface Extraction for 3D Rendering
developed by VayTek

This program is most often used in combination with the Slice Align programs outlined above. Re-registered images sometimes do not render well due to the odd alignments of the boundaries on re-registered images. Surfer lets the user outline (by tracing) the areas of interest in each 2D image. After all the areas have been traced, Surfer extracts a surface based on the multiple 2D traces. The extracted surface can be rendered in VoxBlast. Surfer is currently available on SGI machines. Contact VayTek for details.

To order VolumeScan IP, V-Trace, Surfer or Slice Align, contact VayTek.

Image-Pro Plus (TM) provides image analysis solutions that are fast, accurate and easy to use. Image-Pro Plus is developed by Media Cybernetics for Windows users.

With Image-Pro Plus the user can:

Acquire images easily from video, CCD cameras, scanners, photo CD, scientific instruments and image databases.
Comprehensive file format and device support include CCD cameras, image capture cards, and TWAIN scanner devices.
Image-Pro provides full support of 8-, 12-, and 16-bit precision gray scale, 24-bit color and 32-bit floating point images.
Advanced virtual memory management techniques allow the user to view multiple images, even those which are larger than the display.
Equalization, backgroung subtraction, correction and filed lflattening methods enhance color, brightness, and contrast.
Filtering functions sharpen, soften, blur or enhance edges.
Touching or overlapping objects can be separated and morphometric processing can be performed.
Simple geometric measurements and complex structure-function relationships can be obtained.
Absoluted spatial calibration guarantees accurate measurement data.
To complete your research, Image-Pro provides the means to analyze, archive, communicate, and present your images.
For advanced Image processing or OEM product development, use the Image-Pro software development kit.

To purchase Image-Pro Plus, or to inquire about additional features and technical specifications of Image-Pro Plus, contact VayTek via email, or phone 641-472-2227.

Scanalytics Corporation IP Lab for Macintosh and PC

Enhancement and Analysis:

Filter and enhance contrast
Geometric registration, rotate, and scale
Fourier and Cosine transforms
Intensity statistics
Pseudocolor
Profile plots

Particle Analysis:

Identify objects by intensity, size, shape
Count, Label and Measure hundreds of objects in seconds
Density and shape analysis

Visualization and Presentation:

Time-Lapse and 3D sequence animation with QuickTime movie export
8-bit pseudocolor and 24 to 48-bit full color images
3-D Perspective views
Presentation quality plotting
3-D volume visualization
High Dynamic Range Data:
Capture, process, and display 8-, 16-, 32-bit integer, floating point, 16-, 24-, and 48-bit color data
Interactive brightness, contrast and gamma control

Image Capture and Automation - Control computer and laboratory hardware, including:

High-quality grayscale and full 24-bit color video frame grabbers
High-resolution 12-16 bit, cooled digital CCD cameras
High-resolution flatbed scanners
Microscope focus control, automatic filter wheels, and XY stage motors
Light sources, shutters, VCRs, etc.

Custom Applications:

Use IPLab's Scripting mechanism to create macro-functions
Assign frequently used Scripts to Macintosh keyboard F-keys for easy access
Add your own C and Pascal code to create custom Extension software modules

To purchase IPLab, or to inquire about additional features and technical specifications of , Contact VayTek via email, or phone 641-472-2227.