Endrov

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Endrov
Endrov image windows
Developed by	Johan Henriksson (Karolinska Institute)
Latest release	2.10.0 / 2 June 2008 (official release)
OS	Any (Java-based)
Genre	Image processing & Image analysis
License	New BSD License
Website	www.endrov.net

Endrov is an open-source plugin architecture aimed for image analysis and data processing. Being based on Java, it is portable and can both be run locally and as an applet. It was designed to overcome the lack of support for spatio-temporal image data in common applications, and has since grown to become a full-featured platform for image analysis.

The lead developer, Johan Henriksson, is a Ph.D. student at Karolinska Institute.

[edit] Specifications

Endrov is both a library and an imaging program. The design has made strong emphasis on separating GUI code from data types, filters and other data processing plugins. The idea is that the program can be used for most daily use or prototyping, and for bigger batch processing or integration, the code is invoked as a library.

As a program, Endrov can do what you expect from normal image processing software. It is meant to be hackable; integrating new editing tools, windows and data types is meant to be simple. The main features that set it apart from other imaging software is that it can handle additional dimensions (XYZ, time, channel) which is needed for more serious microscopy. Filters can also be used without being directly applied, and can be composed into filter sequences. Data (for example derived from analysis) is stored together with the images.

The native image format is OST but most other formats are also supported.