>Dear Confocalists,
>
>        I would like to know what software people are using to image process
>their data sets from the Confocal on the SGI? I am at present comparing
>all the image processing programs available, not just on the SGI.

We use Voxel View on the Silicon Graphics for 3D reconstruction and
find it very good.  However, the company which makes it (Vital Images) has
become very strange and hard to deal with.  They don't seem to be at all
interested in the confocal market any more, even though it was what made
their reputation .... I'd be reluctant to reommend anyone to purchase
Voxel View nowadays, especially since their pricing has gone through the
roof while every one else's has dropped.

Generally we don't do much image processing on the SG but we do have
Semper - a very powerful system but with a very out of date user interface
and image handling system which is positively user-hostile.

For routine image processing and analysis we have Kontron KS400 software
on a fast Pentium.  On the same PC we have VoxBlast for 3D reconstruction
which is less slick than Voxel View but fast and powerful.

                                                Guy Cox

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