Image analysis

Image analysis should be tailored to the scientific question and ideally planned before data acquisition. A wide range of software tools—both open-source and commercial—are available to support everything from basic image processing to advanced, complex analyses. MIC offers basic training in image analysis.

Payware at MIC

Licensed software accessible to MIC users on dedicated high-performance image processing workstations.

Imaris version 9.2

Interactive real-rime image visualization software that delivers the necessary functionality for visualization, segmentation and interpretation of 3D and 4D microscopy datasets.

AIVIA Apex

AI image analysis platform that provides specialized recipes and deep learning models to process, segment, and track microscopic data. 

Leica LasX

Offline full version of the software designed for the handling and processing *.lif files from Leica.

Nikon NIS Elements

Offline full version of the software designed for the handling and processing *.ND2 files from Nikon.

Sartorius IncuCyte

Image analysis software for IncuCyte data. Come by MIC and get the software for installation on your own computer.

VivoQuant

Image analysis software for both static and dynamic image data sets across multiple modalities (MRI, PET, CT and optical imaging). Supports DICOM, NIfTI and other non-DICOM image formats.

Freeware

Useful image handling and analysis software that can be freely downloaded.

Fiji (ImageJ)

Fiji (Fiji Is Just ImageJ) is an open-source image analysis software based on ImageJ, tailored for biological and scientific imaging. It comes pre-packaged with a wide range of plugins for tasks such as visualization, processing, and quantitative analysis of multidimensional images

 

QuPath

QuPath is an open-source software for digital pathology and whole slide image analysis. It is designed for analyzing large tissue images, with tools for visualization, annotation, cell detection, and quantitative analysis, including machine learning-based classification. 

CellProfiler

CellProfiler is an open-source software for automated image analysis, designed to quantify biological data from images. It enables high-throughput analysis of cells and other objects using customizable pipelines for tasks such as segmentation, measurement, and feature extraction.

Photopea

Photopea is a free, web-based image editing software similar to Adobe Photoshop. It supports common file formats (e.g., PSD, PNG, JPG) and offers tools for image editing, graphic design, and basic photo manipulation directly in the browser without installation.

ITK-SNAP

ITK-SNAP is an open-source, multi-platform software application used to segment structures in 3D and 4D biomedical images. Supports NIfTI and DICOM in addition to many other image formats. 

Last updated: 02.06.2026