title: BioIMAX: a Web 2.0 approach for easy exploratory and collaborative access to multivariate bioimage data.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Innovations in biological and biomedical imaging produce complex high-content and multivariate image data. For decision-making and generation of hypotheses, scientists need novel information technology tools that enable them to visually explore and analyze the data and to discuss and communicate results or findings with collaborating experts from various places.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this paper, we present a novel Web2.0 approach, BioIMAX, for the collaborative exploration and analysis of multivariate image data by combining the webs collaboration and distribution architecture with the interface interactivity and computation power of desktop applications, recently called rich internet application.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BioIMAX allows scientists to discuss and share data or results with collaborating experts and to visualize, annotate, and explore multivariate image data within one web-based platform from any location via a standard web browser requiring only a username and a password. BioIMAX can be accessed at http://ani.cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de/BioIMAX with the username "test" and the password "test1" for testing purposes.
authors.affiliation: Biodata Mining Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany. cloyek@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loyek
authors.forename: Nasir M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Rajpoot
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Tim W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Nattkemper
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D020407:Internet; D012984:Software