Our laboratory (the ADLC program at the MBL) is focused on instrument development for live cell imaging using a variety of polarized light microscopy techniques. The lab has several patented inventions including the LC-PolScope (sold commercially by CRI Inc.) for high sensitivity birefringence imaging, and a new orientation-independent DIC imaging technique.

CamAcqJ is part of a larger on-going design project in our lab that has evolved as a result of our need for reconfigurable software components for instrument control (including cameras, variable liquid crystals, microscope stages, shutters, etc.), image acquisition and processing, and data management.

To this end, we are moving toward a modular platform for developing instrument control and imaging applications, incorporating a variety of open source components, including ImageJ.

We are exploring ways to assemble and implement a more extensive Imaging Application Development Platform built on open source components.  Currently our favored approach would be based on the NetBeans IDE and (rich client) platform .   A very interesting example of this approach is Mistra/BlueMarine .

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