Image Central

Thermo Scientific Amira Software is a powerful, universal 2D–5D solution for visualizing, analyzing, and understanding life science and biomedical research data from various imaging modalities, including optical and electron microscopy, CT, MRI, and other techniques. With incredible speed and flexibility, Amira Software supports advanced 2D–5D bioimaging workflows in research areas ranging from structural and cellular biology to tissue imaging, neuroscience, preclinical imaging, and bioengineering. Key features include import and image data processing, visualization and exploration, advanced segmentation, measurement, quantification, and analysis, as well as specialized tools for molecular visualization, object tracking, filament tracing, meshing for finite element analysis, diffusion tensor imaging, 3D registration, and biomaterial deformation analysis. Amira Software also offers customization options and access to ecosystems such as MATLAB, Python, and custom C++.

We detect inappropriate manipulation and duplication in many figure types, including blots (western blots), microscopy images, and light photography. Imagetwin is a powerful addition to the peer-review process. All kinds of integrity issues are automatically detected and can be quickly verified by a reviewer. A significant proportion of academic manuscripts contain image-related problems like manipulation and plagiarism. Unfortunately, even though automated solutions for text plagiarism now exist, there has been no such solution for images in the past. Manually checking images for integrity issues is time-consuming and expensive, and besides the lack of trained experts, many problems remain undetected.