Category: Imaging

  Since the time the first IQ test was developed in 1904 by Alfred Binet, there has been a continuous search for a way to predict and quantify human intelligence. The methods have ranged from measuring the diameter or volume of the head to more complex methods of today using imaging methods such as fMRI.…

 Image analysis used to be very labor-intensive operation. It required programmers to understand what was being analyzed and then developing algorithms to specifically find the areas of interest. Then came Machine learning and Artificial intelligence tools. These found and analyzed the data but now you needed different set of programmers and they needed more sample…

  Dr Shigeru Watanabe at Keio University is an unique scientist in that he believes that birds and mice have an ability to distinguish fine art. He has published that sparrows and pigeons have the ability to distinguish one form of painting from the other. This might be a basic pattern recognition by the animals…

It is always amazing to see that there are several options available for users as they develop 3D models for imaging. The one that is open source and has been gaining significant following is Blender. There are several choices for users for software and there are several websites that will compare the different offerings. The…

Cell change shape frequently as they move and divide but the measurement of the thickness is difficult. Current microscopy techniques can measure the dimensions in X and Y axis very accurately but cannot measure the cell thickness. Confocal microscopy, that is usually used with fluorescence dyes can measure the thickness of the cell but it…

Weather prediction requires significant investment in sensors, computers to predict and calculate and then experts who would interpret the data. However, a group of entrepreneurs have made an app that predicts the weather in the short term with very little investment. First, what does the application do ? It predicts rain in the short term…

The problem: When staining tissues, it is difficult to see through tissue and so most of the time what is done is to section the tissue and then stain for specific proteins to see their distribution within the tissue. Sectioning also enables the tissue to become accessible for the reagents that are used to stain…

ImageJ is one of the popular image analysis programs along with Fiji, Bioimage and Icy. There is another program that is used for image analysis that has several qualities that make it very useful. It is written completely in Java and so can run on multiple platforms, is object oriented for image storage that enables…

A Japanese group has compiled images that correspond to those seen by the person in a dream enabling researchers to reconstruct the dreams. In short, this was accomplished in two passes: first recording the images that are relevant to people and then correlating it with the specific areas of brain stimulated, as seen through MRI.…