Computerized image analysis software

[Joseph J. Strout]

In article <01bcd9e9$dc507900$LocalHost at windows97>, "S. Bowman"
<sbowman at pipcom.com> wrote:

>        I am doing a study of the trophic morphology of fathead minnows
and I was
>wanting to use computerized image analysis software instead of calipers. 
>Could anyone suggest an appropriate an relatively inexpensive (<$500)
>software package?

I strongly recommend NIH Image.  The price is $0, well within your
specified range.  =)  See <http://rsb.info.nih.gov/nih-image/>.

>Could you please include a list of any specialized hardware that might be
>required.

None -- any Mac with at least 8-bit grayscale will do.

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