1. Unique Auto Calibration
With a simple click, calibration was never so easy!
Calibration, the process of assigning a width to a
pixel, is now fully automated with Clemex’s unique
Auto-Calibration feature. Using Clemex’s NIST traceable
micrometer, Clemex Vision PE 5.0 associates a different
calibration setting for each objective or camera.
Simply click on Calibration and follow the instructions
when prompted. No need to stretch a caliper over a
micrometer. It’s easy and returns accurate, reproducible,
and certified results that can be validated anytime.
2. Automatic Exposure
An easy way to adjust light intensity.
Clemex’s built-in Camera Control Interface is now
easier than ever to use. With our new Auto-Expose feature,
no need to adjust the shutter speed slider manually when
calibrating each objective; choose a target intensity,
click on Auto, and voila!
Once done, all settings are automatically saved and you
never have to worry about manually adjusting your lighting
conditions! And now you can incorporate the Auto-Expose
command as an instruction in a Routine.
3. Virtual Joystick
Control the motorized
stage with your mouse! Clemex Vision PE 5.0’s Virtual
Joystick does all the things a physical joystick can do.
Controlled through the Stage Window, the Virtual
Joystick allows you to move the stage in all directions,
to focus manually or to trigger auto-focus events. The
graphical interface shows the X, Y, and Z positions in
microns, the speed, the Z movement, and whether you have
an upright or inverted microscope.
With its intuitive user interface, the new Virtual
Joystick is the perfect stage control solution.
Auto Focus with Mask Area
Focus only the area of interest!
Have you ever needed to focus on a particular area of
an uneven sample? Clemex Vision PE 5.0 now allows you to
do just that with its new Set Focus Mask feature.
With Set Focus Mask, simply draw a bitplane in the area
of interest with the Free Hand Tool and let the
instruction do the rest.
Contrast Thresholding
Binarize translucide objects!
Clemex Vision 5.0 now allows you to effectively detect
and binarize transparent or hard to distinguish objects,
for exemple:
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when the contrast between the
object and the background is weak and the
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when the lighting is unequal on the whole
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when the contour of the objects are of
variable contrast intensity |
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when objects are more or less transparent |
The new Contrast Thresholding feature is a useful
command when conventional thresholding is next to
impossible.
1. Even Lighting Made Simple
Ever experienced
situations where your image was not evenly illuminated?
With Vision PE's unique shading corrector feature,
you can ensure that your image is uniformly lit from
corner to corner.
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1. Before applying shading corrector
2. After applying shading corrector
3. Image displayed in pseudo-color, before shading
4. Image displayed in pseudo-color, after shading
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2. Automated Mosaic
Forget tape and scissors! With the optional mosaic
feature, software automatically stitches
multiple fields to form a large image of unlimited
resolution (memory dependent). This example
demonstrates a wafer magnified at 200X with four
stitched fields.
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use with a manual or motorized stage
for uneven surfaces, combine the
multi-layer grab function with the mosaic
feature (requires optional autofocus kit)
when running in manual mode, positioning
arrows allow you to accurately stitch
multiple fields
control the number of fields to stitch,
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3. Camera Control
With the built-in camera control
interface, when calibrating each
objective, you can adjust camera settings
including intensity, gain, and other
parameters. Once calibrated, all settings
are automically saved and you never have
to worry about manually adjusting your
lighting conditions!
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4. Non-Destructive Annotations
Flexible annotation tools allow you to add
company logos, text boxes, ellipses,
squares, lines, polygons or arcs.
Properties including line thickness,
background color and opaqueness, font and
text positioning can easily be controlled
with each entity's annotation pop-up box.
Images can then be saved in industry
standard TIFF format with a
non-destructive layer where annotations
can be turned on or off.
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5. Multiple Calibration Settings
With Clemex's intelligent
calibration feature, you can
associate a different
calibration setting for each
objective or camera. Store an
unlimited number of calibration
settings. Set it up once and
never have to worry about
calibrating your images unless
you replace your camera or
objectives! The calibration
box enables you to automatically
or manually enter calibration
parameters.
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6. Controlling the Scale Line
smart scale line
instantly displays the correct
settings based on the chosen
magnification from the drop-down
menu box in the image window.
Controlling the look and feel of
the scale line is easily done
with the aid of the scale line
annotation window where you can
set the interval, color, and
thicknesses of the line.
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7. Control of Input Parameters
Settings
This new set of functions allows
the user to control the
configuration parameters by
software. Camera and Light
Intensity settings can be
modified within a routine and
also microscope parameters such
as objective lens change for a
motorized nosepiece.
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Camera
and Microscope Configuration
Instruction
By inserting a Select
Configuration instruction into
the prolog of a routine, the
user tells the system to load a
specific set of camera and
microscope settings to match the
corresponding image analysis
application. This is
particularly useful when
performing analyses requiring
special illumination techniques,
such as polarization,
fluorescence or DIC, this
instruction allows parameters
such as objective magnification,
white balance and shutter speed
to be preset in order to avoid
user manipulation errors.
1. Routine Window showing the
Select Configuration instruction
for Bright Field and the Select
Magnification Instruction
2. Live Image of Al Grains as
seen in the Image Viewer with
Bright Field Illumination and
200X
3. Routine Window showing the
Select Configuration instruction
for Cross Polarization and the
Select Magnification Instruction
4. Live Image od Al Grains as
seen in the Image Viewer under
Cross Polarized Light, allowing
to make different Measurements
in the same run
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8. Multi-Layer Grab
Focusing on uneven surfaces can
be troublesome. With the
Multi-Layer Grab function,
intelligent software slices your
image at varying z-intervals to
reconstruct a completely focused
image. Below is an example of an
American one cent coin magnified
at 100x with fifteen layers
sliced and reconstruction. .
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1. Point-to-Point Direct
Measures
Whether you need to measure
perimeters, areas, lines, angles,
curve radius or any other feature
within your images, Vision PE's
robust direct measure tool set
enables you to extract the data you
need fast! Nifty features such as
controlling decimal places, location
of flag, or even color of lines can
intuitively be controlled within the
property box of the software's
direct measures.
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2. Direct Measures in Databrowser
Need to keep a record of all your
manual measures? Vision’s direct
measure tools are dynamically linked
to the software’s data-browser. Save
or export your results to MS Excel
or other statistical packages for
further analysis.
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3. Rapid Routine Development
With Vision PE's intuitive
interface, you can develop image
analysis routines in a matter of
minutes. Sequentially establish a
list of image acquisition,
processing, and measurement
instructions by selecting them from
the Toolbox and see them appear in
the Routine window below. No
programming required whatsoever!
Just point and click.
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Blood Cells and Cast Iron
Nodules Examples
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Loads image and applies a
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2. Threshold |
Performs an Auto-threshold
according to grey levels to
separate phases and assigns
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3. Binary Transformations |
Fills holes, removes small
features and bumps from
larger objects and separates
objects. Removes objects
sectioned by the field of
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4. Measures |
Measures length, area,
aspect ratio and sphericity
of blood cells and cast iron
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4. Optional Pre-Built Imaging
Routines
Optional Application Packages can
now be purchased with Vision PE.
These packages consist of pre-built
imaging routines for various fields
of application including materials
science, pharmaceuticals and
biotechnology. Only minimal user
input is necessary to carry out an
analysis. Browse through the
thumbnails below to find your
specific area of analysis.
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Phase Percent Analysis
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Grain and Cell Sizing
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5. Radial Grid Measure
With the radial grid measurement
function, just add the instruction
to your routine along with a bit
plane color, and extract
instantaneous ring thickness
statistics.
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6. Volume Fraction
Whether you are analyzing 6 or 12
bitplanes, you can now extract
valuable statistical data based on
volume fraction. Raw data is
displayed in Vision’s data browser
or in summary form by way of color
coded histograms.
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