
VLC: A free, cross-platform multimedia player that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, and various streaming protocols. TissueFAXS Viewer: A stand-alone program for visualization of IHC/IF staining of digital slide images obtained with the TissueGnostics TissueFAXS 200 slide scanner. Biolucida Viewer: A free viewer commonly used for large multi-dimensional datasets such as virtual slides. IrfanView: A popular, free graphic viewer commonly used for digital microscopy slides. cellSens: Image acquisition software designed for advanced image capture and control of motorized and encoded components on Olympus microscopes. nd2 files with limited processing features. NIS-Elements Viewer: A free, stand-alone version to view. NIS-Elements AR: Software for controlling Nikon microscopes it also serves as a user-friendly image processing program with tools for good 3D/4D visualization and High Content Analysis (HCA). czi files with limited processing features. Zen Lite: A free, stand-alone version for viewing. Zen Blue and Zen Black: Software for controlling Zeiss widefield and laser scanning microscopes, respectively they also serve as user-friendly image processing programs with methods for airyscan processing, spectral unmixing, batch processing, orthogonal projection, and stitching. Image Acquisition and Visualization Software Strataquest, Imaris, Vision4D (demo), Adobe CS5, Zen Lite, NIS-Elements Viewer, MATLAB, ImageJ/ FIJI, MS Office, etc. Dell Precision 7920, Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit. Please contact us for assistance or to install additional software. A suite of imaging software (below), including a full version of Imaris, is installed on most of the workstations. We have several workstations dedicated to viewing and processing of large, image datasets acquired with the facility's instruments, particularly the light sheet microscopes. We can also provide comprehensive image and data analysis support for multiple software packages through hands-on assistance and/or custom-written macros/plugins/scripts for ImageJ/ FIJI, MATLAB, Imaris, etc. The facility offers consultation on experiment design as well as image visualization and processing please contact us in advance as suitable acquisition settings are a prerequisite for accurate analysis and quantification.
In addition to providing consultation and support, other resources at the facility include multiple computer workstations with installed software for image visualization and analysis (also available for download), a sample preparation laboratory, and supplementary microscope objectives.