BioQuant/True Color Windows is a computer system for image analysis,
topographic morphometry and 3D specimen visualization. The program and
accompanying hardware provide for measurement and automatic outlining of
multiple specimen structures on serial sections. Each specimen feature can
be individually processed at an appropriate level of magnification and
assigned its own graphic overlay color. By storing the X, Y and Z
coordinates of all feature outlines, BioQuant/TCW provides for continuous
measurement and outlining of objects over multiple fields of view and
controls for possible overlapping or double counting at the edges of
adjoining fields of view. Each feature being evaluated is assigned a color
with which it will be displayed in the 3D view. As each section in the
series is measured, the user specifies a pair of control points for
registration of the successive sections in the 3D view. When all sections
have been processed, the color overlays may be displayed in their 3D
organization as a graphic that may be viewed from different orientations.
Various orientation views can be redisplayed rapidly as an animation.