The free software called "Image" is available for the Mac from the anon. ftp
site: zippy.nimh.nih.gov
I believe it can do the analysis you need. Also, you can use a digitizing
board with a mac, Video Spigot, for example, to capture single frames of video
to be opened in the image analysis software.
Joe Monahan
In note <umdoble-2411942301430001 at dyn1-085.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
umdoble at mail.cc.umanitoba.ca (Brad Doble) writes:
>Our lab currently has a microscope equipped with a CCD colour video camera
>and colour monitor. We would like to store images (videocassette
>recorder?) and then analyze them using a computer (we currently have a
>computer with a 66 MHz 486 processor, 8 Megabytes RAM, 250 MB hard drive,
>and a standard svga graphics card). What additional hardware (RAM,
>graphics cards, hard disk space, etc.) is required, and what good software
>programs are currently in use to analyze image data? The types of
>analyses we would like to do include: i) counting labelled or stained
>cells vs. control cells ; ii) measuring the intensity of fluorescent
>markers; iii) determing morphometric values; etc. The purchase of
>another computer may be possible with our budget so please don't hesitate
>to describe setups with Macintoshes if you feel they are best for the task
>at hand. Also, I would like to have an idea of the cost of the hardware
>and software required.
>>Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Brad Doble
