SigmaScan Pro

SPSS and SYSTAT Products

SigmaScan Pro 5.0^®

Powerful image analysis for your PC

The automatic choice for counting, measuring and analyzing your digital images -
SigmaScan Pro is a complete image processing solution that helps you measure and analyze your scientific images. The powerful macro language and sophisticated measurement tools bridge the gap between images and valuable scientific conclusions.

Choose from a vast set of image types and sophisticated enhancement techniques
SigmaScan Pro’s comprehensive list of image types ensures image compatibility- including up to 16-bit grayscale images. You can convert images to different types, paste or splice images from one type to another, or modify pixel resolution while maintaining the aspect ration of the image. The powerful Histogram Stretch option lets you sharpen the contrast of colour or grayscale images. Other enhancement techniques allow you to correct background lighting effects, apply colour templates to grayscale images for highlighting hidden features or employ mathematical filters to add, remove, erode or dilate objects on an image. SigmaScan Pro’s Image Math functions let you remove noise and highlight features by adding, subtracting or averaging the pixel intensities of different images.

Quickly convert images to useful data with powerful measurement techniques
Select from a library of more than 50 powerful measurement options to convert images into analytical data. Separate, count and number up to 64,000 image objects using powerful built-in algorithms and collect the data in a convenient spreadsheet where object numbers correlate to spreadsheet row numbers. Five non-destructive overlay planes allow you to collect measurements such as intensity, hue, saturation, distance, perimeter, slope, angle, area, volume, and center of mass simultaneously. Powerful edge and line tracking tools allow you to quickly outline objects and collect running measurements, so you save time marking the desired items. Guarantee accuracy by calibrating distance, area and intensity values.

Develop meaningful conclusions with advanced data analysis capabilities
Use built-in column statistics to organize data and develop solid conclusions.  Automatically sort and classify your measurement results or eliminate unwanted objects from your data.  Choose from 140 worksheet functions to transform your data, show important relationships using the plot function or export files to advanced graphing packages such as SigmaPlot.

Need to give a presentation? Emphasize key features using the full-color annotations overlay. Add text, arrows, shapes, and highlights; move or resize your annotations, then save or print your annotated image.

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