List of microscopy visualization systems
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This is a list of software systems that are used for visualizing microscopy data.
For each software system, the table below indicates which type of data can be displayed: EM = Electron microscopy; MG = Molecular graphics; Optical = Optical microscopy.
| Name | Applications | License | Supported OS | Citation | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amira | EM MRI MG Optical | commercial | [1] | 4D cube for life applications | |
| Avizo | EM MG Optical MRI | commercial | Windows, Linux, Mac | Avizo website - Avizo official users' forum - Examples of applications (movies) | 4D cube for industry applications |
| MountainsMap Image | Optical | commercial | Windows | MountainsMap Image on Digital Surf website | includes shaded spots quantification, contour metrology |
| MountainsMap SEM | EM Optical | commercial | Windows | MountainsMap SEM on Digital Surf website | includes SEM 3D stereo reconstruction |
| IMOD | EM Optical | free and open-source | Kremer et al. (1995) http://bio3d.colorado.edu/imod | ||
| tomviz | EM Optical | free and open-source | Windows, Linux, Mac | [2] http://tomviz.org | Integrates Python / SciPy |
| OME | EM Optical | free and open-source |