Cheap and good image processing:

>    Are there any programs (cheap/free) that readily do
> simple analysis of BioRad .pic files that are available for PCs?

Besides NIH image and PaintShopPro (the latter is shareware) there is
also the excellent Image Tool for Windows95 that is especially designed
for microscopists and FREE. It can be downloaded from

http://ddsdx.uthscsa.edu/

Some brief info about the software can also be found on
http://www.uthscsa.edu/mission/winter96/campus.html

The software will among other exceptionally complex things (with
regards to the fact that the software is free) allow you to count
elements and recognise borders.

P.S. The .PIC file must in most cases be converted to some other format
with for example Confocal Assistant.


ChR

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