Hi everyone:

Metamorph is a 2D software. Iit's primary strength is in data acquisition and 2-d image
analysis.

Imaris is a true 3-D software which, of course, requires much more computational power.

We have Metamorph and I am having demo of Imaris. They are software designed for
different purspose even though you can do limited thing with both. It really depends on
your need. For 3-D image processing, Imaris is by far the most powerful one I have seen.
Nevertheless, we do a lot thing with Metamorph as it is easy to use for most routine
users.

My 2 cents,

Xuejun



"J.Paul Robinson" wrote:

> My comments on these software packages...
>
> I had a demonstration of the Imaris software at a meeting in France a few
> weeks ago and was quite impressed with its abilities, although it does take
> a fair hunk of SGI system to run I think. We have 4 SGI systems but they
> are all Indigo 2s which run VoxelView quite well, but are not suitable for the
> Imaris software. From our perspective the biggest issue is cost of both the
> upgraded hardware and the software which is quite pricy.
>
>  We also have Universal Imaging and I really could see no comparison with
> the capabilites of the Imaris and Universal Imaging - the Imaris was way
> ahead but with the caveat that the combined cost of harware and software
> is also much higher.
>
> Paul Robinson
> Purdue University
>
> Date sent:              Mon, 15 Nov 1999 11:16:49 +0100
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> Is MetaMorph really able to do 3D-thresholding, object segmentation etc.?
>
> What are peoples' opinions regarding software packages that do both, 2D and
> 3D-analysis? What about Zeiss KS300 and 400?
>
> Udo Friedrich
>
> > I use MetaMorph by Universal Imaging.  I really like it.  It is pretty
> > user friendly.  I tried Imaris, but I didn't have enough patience with
> > it.  Meta will do Segmentation, Thresholding, and Morphometry.  I don't
> > have any complaints with it.  I know that it will run on PC but I am not
> > sure about SGI.  In addition their support is excellent.  I always get
> > my questions answered.
> >
> > Good Luck
> > Wendy Cochran
> >
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> > > From:         Wes Wallace[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> > > Sent:         Friday, November 12, 1999 9:40 AM
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> > > Subject:      3-d software
> > >
> > > What are peoples' experiences with 3-d software for thresholding,
> > > object
> > > segmentation and morphometry?
> > >
> > > I've been testing the Bitplane arsenal of software, which runs on SGI
> > > machines.  I have found it fairly difficult to use.  I'm wondering if
> > > there
> > > are other packages either for SGI or PC that can do comparable things
> > > with
> > > a more user-friendly interface.
> > >
> > > Wes Wallace
> > >
> >
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