Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility (MHMF.ORG)

Image Processing Workstations:  Schott  |  Brewster  |  Nomarski  |  Snell

Notices:

• This computer has been decommissioned and replaced with \\Brewster

Introduction:

The Dell 340 PC called Monarch functions as a general purpose image processing workstation.  Various specialized and general purpose image processing software is installed on it.

Access:

To login on this computer a username, password and domain must be entered.  All three must be correct, and not only allow access to Monarch, be also determine which shared resources on the network the user has access to.  This is particularly important for access to domain servers.  Registered users can obtain an account for Monarch from Michael.

Data Storage:

Users are requested to save their data in a named directory in C:\USERS or \\MINSKY This directory is shared on the Microsoft Windows Network as \\Monarch\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:

• Monarch
  • Offline Metamorph
  • Dell 340 PC Pentium 4  1.8 GHz
  • RAM 1 GByte
  • 16X CD writer
  • Roxio Easy CD Creater 5
  • 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  )
  • Adobe Photoshop 6 or 7
  • Microsoft Office 2000 - 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 6 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 Zernike.  Volocity performs multidimensional image processing, including volume visualization and rendering, and 2D/3D particle tracking in time.

Image Processing Workstations:  Schott  |  Brewster  |  Nomarski  |  Snell

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