Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility (MHMF.ORG)

Image Processing Workstations:  Brewster  |  Snell  |  Young  |  Zernike  |  Gould  |  Monarch  |  Malus  | 

Notices:

• \\BREWSTER has replaced the slower \\MONARCH
• Printing can be performed over the network by connecting to the shared color printer at \\MINSKY\Phaser8550DP or the double sided capable laser printer \\MINSKY\HP1320-mhmf  on the network. 
• Dual monitors facilitate the operation of the LeicaTCS software as well as other software such as C-Imaging.

Introduction:

The PC computer called \\BREWSTER functions as a general purpose image processing workstation.  Various specialized and general purpose image processing software is installed on it.  Due to its dual monitors this computer is particularly suited for running both the full and "lite" versions of the Leica confocal software.

Access:

Users may logon to, or connect to network shares on, this computer using their MHmicroscopy account name and password.  To login to this computer provide your username, password and domain (MHmicroscopy).  Other users may have account access setup by Wendy or Michael. 

Data Storage:

Users are requested to save their data in a named directory on the D:\ drive (\\brewster\users2) or the file server, \\MINSKY.  This directory is shared on the Microsoft Windows Network as \\Brewster\Users. Access to this shared directory over the network requires an account on the MHmicroscopy domain.  (Not on the Cystic_Fibrosis domain).  See Michael for more information.

Hardware/Software:

• Brewster
  • Intel PC Pentium 4  3.0 GHz
  • RAM 1 GByte
  • DVD/CD writer
  • Roxio Easy CD Creater 6
  • Metamorph 4.6 image processing software
  • Leica Confocal TCS Software (offline) performs same image processing/3D rendering/editing functions as any of the Leica confocal microscopes (SP2, NT & LCS), but only on the Leica bundled image format files collected on the Leica confocal.  Note UNC style connections are not supported with this software.  File access must be through a drive letter.  (Note that network shares can be mapped to a drive letter. e.g. net use L: \\server\sharename on a MHmicroscopy computer  )
  • SimplePCI 6
  • Leica LCS-lite
  • Zeiss Image Browser
  • Adobe Creative Suite: including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat (writer0
  • ImageJ
  • Microsoft Office 2003 - Word, Excel, Power Point, Access & FrontPage 2002
  • Winzip - file/directory compression - creates a zipped file archive from one or more files
  • LViewPro - quick 2D image viewer - Also does simple slide shows
  • QuickTime 7 Pro - can open image series (time or z) and make movies in various formats.  The Pro version of QuickTime has enhancements which are not enabled in the free version of Quick Time 5. 

   

  • Note that Volocity has been moved to the specialized image processing workstation called Snell.  Volocity performs multidimensional image processing, including volume visualization and rendering, and 2D/3D particle tracking in time.
  • The full Zeiss LSM software is also on Snell

Image Processing Workstations:  Brewster  |  Snell  |  Young  |  Zernike  |  Gould  |  Monarch  |  Malus  | 

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