The Image and Document Management System for Microscopy

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The Image and Document

Management System for

Microscopy

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The Image and Document Management System ImageAccess is a Windows based

software tool for acquisition, processing, analysis, management, printing and

pre-sentation of image and text data as well as processes in microscopy.

Using ImageAccess means optimising your work flow. All data, images, documents

and results are immediately at hand. Your processes, starting from image

acquisi-tion, processing and management up to generating reports are simplified, fast and

organised in a cost effective way.

Due to its modular architecture, flexibility and scalability, as well as its variety of

available functions, ImageAccess is highly qualified for all imaging tasks in industrial

environments.

The comprehensive and intuitive user interface and the scalability from single

sta-tions to overall network solusta-tions turn ImageAccess into a universal tool for

rou-tine imaging work.

Image and

Document Management

at a Glance

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Image Sources and

System Solutions

Digital microscopy systems Digital cameras for photography Scanners for images, slides and X-Ray films

Light microscopes Stereo microscopes Repro stands

SEM / EDS, TEM, STEM, micro probes

X-Ray devices Tomographes

Optical and mechanical Adaptations

Image

Acquisition

Supporting a wide variety of image sources,

star-ting from analogue video and high resolution

digital cameras up to interfaces for electron

microscopy and automated acquisition of images

from external sources, ImageAccess provides

an optimised solution for all microscopy working

environments.

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Image acquisition Functions

Efficient acquisition of image and meta data in daily routine work is a key function in a professional Image Management System. This includes device interfaces for customer specific tasks, data interfaces for specialised image and file formats, as well as an intuitive user interface.

Automated image calibration Identical user interface for all image sources

Automated and used defined file name generation

Automated image processing during acquisition

Z image stack acquisition for 3D Topology visualisation

Multifocus, MovieRecorder, Overlay aqui-sition modes

Direct acquisition into modules such as processing, measurement

Acquisition of SEM and TEM files inclu-ding working parameters

Reading and writing of over 40 image file formats, including parameter read-out, like IPTC, EXIF

30 different 2D file formats (TIF, JPEG, JPEG2000, etc.)

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Optional Modules

Additional Plug-Ins for direct processing of image data within the Management System

Measurement / Annotation

Interactive Measurement and Annotation on images, featuring automated calibration during acquisition and overlay/ burn-in technique. Topo-Viewer Topographic 3D visualisation of surfaces, 2D SnapShots of 3D views 3D Applications 3D Visualisation, interactive 3D distance measurement, decon-volution, automated and manual image alignment

Image Comparison

Overlap, swapping, line-up with separation lines, half transparency view

Image Assembly

Manual and calculated assembly of partially overlapping images to an overview panorama image

Image Processing

The most often used functions for processing and enhancement directly integrated for manual and automated use (macro controlled)

Grain Size Comparison

Grain size determination by inter-active comparison versus ASTM-/ DIN- or user defined charts

Micro Hardness

Interactive calculation of micro hardness by single or series inden-tation, including export to Excel 2000/XP

Layer Thickness

Interactive measurement and automated calculation of layer thickness

Image Analysis

Easy to learn and efficient image analysis specifically for material surfaces

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Presentation and Printing

A lot of time is usually spent for generating reports and presentations. The established

Office applications cannot provide satisfactory tools for an efficient image and data

management.

ImageAccess as an Organisation and Management System helps you to handle image

and meta data in a most effective way and to easily create MS Word

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Documentation in Word

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Drag&Drop allows direct import of archive images and

associa-ted meta data and archive field contents directly into reports or into user defined page layouts.

With AutoReport complete image series can automatically be

inserted from the gallery or lightbox into Word reports. Image printing in standarised magnification is easily possible The Zoom Function allows displaying any number of sub-areas

of an overview image in user defined zoom windows, featuring measurement calibration and micron bar display

In the reports, archive text contents, measurements, calibration bars and annotations are stored in an overlay plane to

pro-vide best print results at any resolution.

The optional and user defined reference image technique

allows high printing quality at minimal memory and network loads.

DirectLink permanently references the images in the report

with the original images in the archive to provide back-tracking and updating at a key click.

The image resolution can be optimised for presentation

purposes, printing, exporting as document, for PDF creation or Email attachment

ReportServer

Moves the print job to an external server

Accelerates the local printing process from minutes to seconds

Report printing is independent of local client performance Centralised original image transfer and display reduces network load.

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Functions

Automation of the complete image acquisition process featuring project oriented image naming, image proces-sing, image file generation and structured storage and calibration of each image acquired

User defined archives with

multi-hierar-chical folder structures, user defined form views and data fields for

indivi-dual organisation and adaptation to customer specific requirements and work flows.

The gallery and list views provide the

necessary overview of images and data. The list is sortable and its fields can be

selected and arranged as required. The dynamic gallery shows either sorted

images of single folders or the complete archive

The thumbnail images in the gallery

can be linked to data fields and function symbols. Their size and arrangement in the gallery view is user defined. The high quality thumbnail images allow for fast browsing of the archive, even on slow computers and in networks, as they are independent of the assigned original image file

You can place your images from all parts of the archive in the light box for

pre-sentations, reports, slide shows, image comparisons and assemblies.

In original image view the quick

zoom feature and the navigator allow seamless swapping between the various functional modules, from image proces-sing to interactive measurement, from hardness testing to image assembly, etc. User defined, hierarchical keyword lists

simplify and standardise text data entry Fast and intuitive searching and sor-ting of image and text data in the

Technical Specifications

ImageAccess is based on a Windows C++ appli-cations for Windows XP/Windows 7, as well as on a platform independent navigator browser for Intranet/Internet environments.

ImageAccess is designed to work in network environments and makes use of a floating license concept for customer specific

perfor-mance adaptation by module selection. The open client/server database concept on Oracle and MS SQL Server base is scalable starting from small, local systems up to comple-te network syscomple-tems and allows efficient hand-ling of unlimited numbers of projects and image data.

Access to images and associated data in the LAN environment is achieved by Windows based ImageAccess clients or platform indepen-dent in an Intranet/Internet environment using the ims navigator browser.

A wide variety of interfaces for the communi-cation with external applicommuni-cations is provided, such as LIMS and project or document mana-gement systems. Data exchange, synchronisa-tion of project work flows, remote control of client applications as well as process control mechanisms are available.

An extended Access Right Management allows the detailed allocation of data and functions to user groups.