IPLab from Signal Analytics Now Available for Windows 95!

(Vienna, VA -- January 15, 1997) Signal Analytics is pleased to announce that its popular scientific imaging processing software, IPLab(tm), is now available for the Windows(tm) Platform. In response to the needs and requests of research scientists, Signal Analytics has produced IPLab for Windows which runs on the Windows 95 (Available NOW) and Windows NT (Available 2Q 1997) operating systems from Microsoft Corporation. IPLab for Windows will be offered alongside IPLab for Macintosh, which has been available for the Macintosh(tm) platform since 1989.

IPLab is the software basis of a powerful scientific Image Processing Lab. IPLab for Windows is a tool designed to let researchers who use Windows-based computers perform image acquisition, enhancement, visualization, archiving, analysis, and laboratory automation. This flexibility gives users a great deal of integrated power and convenience within a single application.

IPLab for Windows is not just a port of IPLab for Macintosh from the Macintosh to Windows. IPLab for Windows was written from the ground up as a full 32-bit Windows application to take advantage of the advanced speed and memory usage features of the Windows 95 platform. This was done in a way to retain the features which have made IPLab for Macintosh such a popular image analysis package on the Macintosh. Thus users who have both Macintoshes and PCs in their laboratories will feel comfortable using IPLab on either platform.

Enhancement and analysis on almost any data set
IPLab for Windows can display, process, analyze, archive and output image data in seven different data types: 8-bit, 16-bit signed and unsigned, 32-bit integer and floating point, and 24-bit and 48-bit color. IPLab for Windows even supports 4 dimensional data (x-y-z-t) with each of these data types. Enhancement features include contrast enhancement, pseudocoloring, 2 D filtering, background subtraction, and multi-channel color overlays. IPLab for Windows users can calculate integrated intensity, mean, min, and max values plus several morphometry properties, including area, perimeter and roundness, on object regions within their images.

Image Acquisition
IPLab for Windows lets users acquire grayscale and color images from virtually any video camera plus a variety of cooled CCD digital cameras. IPLab for Windows can capture 8-bit and 16-bit grayscale and 24-bit and 48-bit color. The image acquisition operation provides live display for focusing, automatic exposure control, and multi-dimensional image capture. Users can capture and playback time lapse movies and scan through 3D volumes created by optical sectioning. With the built-in support for 4 dimensional image data, IPLab for Windows users can even capture time series of 3D data.

Command Scripting
IPLab for Windows includes an integrated command sequence scripting mechanism. IPLab Scripts are sets of IPLab commands which can be saved and re-used repeatedly. This feature makes it easy for users to automate their own image acquisition and processing protocols.

With the features in IPLab for Windows users can address a variety of applications including low light microscopy, fluorescence in situ hybridization, histology, medical imaging, astronomy, and remote sensing.

IPLab for Windows version 1.0 is available at a special introductory price of $1,500 until June 1, 1997. After June 1, the price will be $1,800. Current users of IPLab for Macintosh receive special pricing on IPLab for Windows. IPLab for Macintosh and Power Macintosh is available now for $1,800. Signal Analytics can be reached at (703) 281-3277, fax (703) 281-2509, or e-mail at info@scanalytics.com.

Founded in 1988, Signal Analytics Corporation is an imaging company which specializes in developing imaging-based software and systems solutions for scientific and medical professionals. Its products and systems are used in a wide variety of imaging applications ranging from light and electron microscopy to medical imaging, laser beam analysis, remote sensing and astronomy.