Michael Hooker Microscopy Facility (MHMF.ORG)

Image Processing Workstations:  Schott  |  Brewster  |  Nomarski  |  Snell

NOMARSKI

Notices:

• A computer called \\NOMARSKI has replaced the ailing old \\BREWSTER
• Brewster's data directories (D: drive) have been copied to \\Nomarski's D: drive.  See D:\Brewster-D-Drive (These files will be deleted on January 1, 2010).
• Brewster's documents and settings folders have been copied to \\Nomarski's C: drive.  See C:\documents and settings-BREWSTER.  (These files will be deleted on January 1, 2010.)
• Metamorph macros and add-ons may need updating.  Please contact Michael or Neal if you notice missing functions, so that we can update them.
• Printing can be performed over the network by connecting to the shared:
  • Double sided B/W laser printer \\MINSKY\HP1320-mhmf (room 6033a)
• A 24" 1920 by 1200 pixel monitor has replaced the dual monitors. 

• Where are my files from Brewster?
  • Directories from the D: drive (\\Brewster\users2) have been copied to D:\Brewster-D-Drive
  • Files in Documents and Settings has been copied to C:\Documents and Settings-BREWSTER on Nomarski
  • Customized Metamorph and ImageJ macros may need to be manually restored.  Please contact Michael for assistance if you notice missing macros

Introduction:

The PC computer called \\NOMARSKI functions as a general purpose image processing workstation.  Various specialized and general purpose image processing software is installed on it. 

Access:

Users may logon to, or connect to network shares on this computer using their MHmicroscopy account name and password.  To login to this computer provide your username, password and domain (MHmicroscopy).  Other users may have account access setup by Michael or Neal. 

Data Storage:

Users are requested to save their data in a named directory on the D:\ drive (\\nomarski\users2).  This directory is shared on the Microsoft Windows Network as \\Nomarski\Users2.  Access to this shared directory over the network requires an account on the MHmicroscopy domain.  See these notes on how to connect over the network from campus computers.  Off campus access is possible using UNC or SOM VPN access.  See Michael for more information.

Hardware/Software:

• Intel PC Pentium 4 Duo  3.0 GHz
• RAM 4 GByte (3.25 GBytes useable win WindowsXP, 2 GBytes only for images/data)
• Hard disk drive storage D: (150 GB)
• DVD/CD writer
• Roxio CD Creator Silver
• Metamorph 7.1 image processing software
• Leica Confocal TCS Software (offline) performs same image processing/3D rendering/editing functions as any of the Leica confocal microscopes (SP2, NT & LCS), but only on the Leica bundled image format files collected on the Leica confocal.  Note UNC style connections are not supported with this software.  File access should be through a drive letter.  (Note that network shares can be mapped to a drive letter. e.g. net use L: \\server\sharename on a MHmicroscopy computer  )
• SimplePCI 6 - 2D/3D image processing/analysis/view/decovolution
• Volocity - 3D volume viewing/rendering/quantification
• Leica LCS-lite
• Zeiss Image Browser ("Lite")
• Adobe Creative Suite2: including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat
• ImageJ
• Microsoft Office 2003 - Word, Excel, Power Point, Access & FrontPage 2002
• WinZip - file/directory compression - creates a zipped file archive from one or more files
• LViewPro - quick 2D image viewer - Also does simple slide shows
• QuickTime 7 Pro - can open image series (time or z) and make movies in various formats.  The Pro version of QuickTime has enhancements which are not enabled in the free version of Quick Time.
• Videdit - Simple program for editing .avi movies.  It's a simple and limited old windows program, but none the less is very powerful and easy to use.
• ThumbsPlus - Image database viewer

• Note that Volocity can be run well on the computers in the facility called Brewster, Schott & Nomarski.  Volocity performs multidimensional image processing, including volume visualization and rendering, and 2D/3D particle tracking in time.
• The full Zeiss LSM software is on the image process workstation Snell
• The full Leica LCS confocal software is on both the Snell & Nomarski image processing workstations.

Image Processing Workstations:  Schott  |  Brewster  |  Nomarski  |  Snell

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