NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

CA Schneider, WS Rasband, KW Eliceiri - Nature methods, 2012 - nature.com
CA Schneider, WS Rasband, KW Eliceiri
Nature methods, 2012nature.com
For the past 25 years NIH Image and ImageJ software have been pioneers as open tools for
the analysis of scientific images. We discuss the origins, challenges and solutions of these
two programs, and how their history can serve to advise and inform other software
projects.The last 50 years have seen tremendous technological advances, few greater than
in the area of scientific computing. One of the fields in which scientific computing has made
particular inroads has been the area of biological imaging. The modern computer coupled to …
For the past 25 years NIH Image and ImageJ software have been pioneers as open tools for the analysis of scientific images. We discuss the origins, challenges and solutions of these two programs, and how their history can serve to advise and inform other software projects.
The last 50 years have seen tremendous technological advances, few greater than in the area of scientific computing. One of the fields in which scientific computing has made particular inroads has been the area of biological imaging. The modern computer coupled to advances in microscopy technology is enabling previously inaccessible realms in biology to be visualized. Although the roles of optical technologies and methods have been well documented, the role of scientific imaging software and its origins have been seldom discussed in any historical context. This is due in part to the relative youth of the field, the wide variety of imaging software tools available, sheer diversity of subfields and specialized tools, and the constant creation and evolution of new tools.
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