New Easy To Use, Microscopy Software Generates Precise 3-D Images in Seconds

8th Jun 2004. Cambridge, UK: Syncroscopy, the world leader in unique digital imaging solutions for microscopy applications, is pleased to introduce Auto-Montage Pro, its new software for automatically producing perfectly focused 3-D images quickly and easily.

Designed for professional microscopists, Auto-Montage Pro, is the next generation of the image reconstruction technology invented by Syncroscopy and is the easiest to use 3-D imaging software available. At the touch of a button, the software can capture a number of source images directly from a digital camera. It then combines the focused areas, instantly generating a fully focused ‘Montage image’ and Depth Map.

Auto-Montage Pro has a user-friendly main window with two workspaces, showing analysis options as icons on one side and the final image on the other. The workspaces allow users to analyse their image, while viewing the resulting Depth Map, Colour Relief Map, 3-D Anaglyph, Stereo Pair or Confidence Map. Additionally, microscopists can save time by setting Auto-Montage Pro to automatically calculate and capture the correct number of source images from their sample.

For image calibration, Auto-Montage Pro includes a moveable scale bar and graticule. For rapid length, width, depth or volume analysis microscopists can also add an automated measurement option to Auto-Montage Pro. The software also features an automatic image alignment function to compensate for inherent changes in magnification and is particularly useful for scanning electron microscope users. All the images generated can be enhanced for publication using Auto-Montage Pro’s powerful image editing tools and can be easily exported to other software packages.

Martin Smith, Syncroscopy’s Divisional Manager stated: ”By adding over 70 new features to our Auto-Montage technology, we have built simple to use 3-D imaging software with exceptional capabilities. We are so confident Auto-Montage Pro will produce the best in-focus image of any 3-D sample that we are offering microscopists a chance to try a FREE demo version at www.auto-montage.com.”

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About Syncroscopy

Syncroscopy develops and manufactures world-leading digital imaging solutions for extending the capabilities of optical microscopes. Syncroscopy's innovative brands include: Auto-Montage, unique software that produces infinite depth of focus images and has 3-D modelling and measurement features; Montage Explorer software, for accurate seamless image stitching of large sample images; and SyncroScan, an automated system, which attaches to digital microscopes to allow high speed sample scanning and precise image stitching. Syncroscopy's software and systems are used by more than 2,000 organisations internationally and include many of the world's major research institutes.

Syncroscopy, founded in 1998 is a division of the Synoptics Group based in Cambridge, UK. The Group’s other divisions, Syngene and Synbiosis, specialise in digital imaging solutions for molecular biology and microbial applications respectively. Synoptics currently employs 50 people in its UK and subsidiary operation in Frederick, USA. The Group has profitable revenue of almost $10 million and continues to grow rapidly.