title: A software package for the manipulation, display and analysis of electron and light microscope data.
abstract: Quantitative light and electron microscopy is an expanding field which has found applications in many biological disciplines. Computer-enhanced data-acquisition has led to increased speed and accuracy, and combined with computational analysis, stereological parameters can be quickly derived and spatial hypotheses can be easily tested. A software package is described, which controls the manipulation, display and analysis of two-dimensional microscope data. Features include alignment of specimens, rotations, translations, deletions, recoding, perimeter and area measurement, point-counts, tests of dispersion and tests of spatial distributions. The programme is graphics-orientated and supports various point-plot modes and histograms. It includes linear and non-linear curve-fitting options and has been specifically designed to encourage new analysis procedures, which automatically benefit from existing graphics options.
authors.affiliation: Computing Laboratory, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greer
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003626:Data Display; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008838:Microcomputers; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software