Aphelion (software)

The Aphelion Imaging Software Suite is a set of computer programs for image processing and image analysis. It includes three base products: Aphelion Lab, Aphelion Dev, and Aphelion SDK.

AphelionDevScreenshot.PNG
Aphelion Dev graphical user interface
Developer(s)ADCIS French company
Initial release1996 (28 years ago) (1996)
Stable release4.6.0 / 27 October 2022
(2 years ago)
 (2022-10-27)
Development statusActive
Written inC sharp, C++
Operating systemWindows
TypeImage processing
LicenseProprietary commercial software
Websitewww.adcis.net/en/home/

The Aphelion software product can be used to prototype applications using the graphical user interface. It provides a set of tools for programmers which have to develop software with image analysis needs.

Applications

The Aphelion Imaging Software Suite is used by students, researchers, engineers, and software developers in application domains requiring image processing and computer vision,[1][2] such as:

Specifications

 
Aphelion Dev Graphical User Interface version 4.x: (1) Task Bar, (2) Image Display, (3) Macro editing window/Function window, (4) Charts (a profile is displayed in this example), (5) Image Gallery, (6) Measurement grid.

All products of the Aphelion Imaging Software Suite can be run on PC equipped with Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1,[3] or 10) 32 or 64 bits.[4] An online help[5] and video tutorials are available to the user.[6]

Software extensions

Below is a list of Aphelion optional extensions:[7][8]

  • 3D Image Processing and 3D Image Display: A set of extensions to display and process 3D images. The 3D display extension is based on the VTK software product.[9]
  • 3D Skeletonization: Extension to compute the 3D skeleton.
  • Image Registration: Image registration extension to register images coming from different acquisition devices.
  • Classification Tools: Classification extension including a « Fuzzy Logic » (fuzzy logic classification),« Neural Networks » (classification based on neural networks), and « Random Forest » (classification based on random forests, derived from the R software product)
  • Kriging: Specific extension to remove image noise using geostatistics techniques.
  • Camera interface drivers and microscope interface software
  • Virtual Image Capture and Virtual Image Stitcher: Two software products to capture mult-field images and stitch them into one single and very large image in the fields of optical and electron microscopy (image stitching).
  • Stereology Analyzer: Software to analyze a very large image using stereology. This extension is mainly used in the field of biology on images acquired by a scan microscope.
  • VisionTutor: Online image processing course including all the theory and application macro commands that are compatible with Aphelion.

The Aphelion user can add his/her own macro-commands in the user interface[7] that have been automatically recorded to process a batch of images. He/she can also add plugins and libraries in the GUI that have been developed outside the Aphelion environment.[10]

Software versions

Below is a table providing release dates of the Aphelion software product:
Aphelion software release dates
Software release[11] Release date
Aphelion 1.0 1995
Aphelion 2.0
first official version
1996
Aphelion 2.1 1996–1997
Aphelion 2.2 1997
Aphelion 2.3 1998–1999
Aphelion 3.0 1999–2000
Aphelion 3.1 December 2001
Aphelion 3.2a-f 2001–2004
Aphelion 3.2g March 2004
Aphelion 3.2h November 2004
Aphelion 3.2i March 2006
Aphelion 3.2j October 2008 – 2012
Aphelion 4.0.0 July 2009
Aphelion 4.0.5 December 2009
Aphelion 4.0.6 May 2010
Aphelion 4.0.7 August 2010
Aphelion 4.0.8 October 2010
Aphelion 4.0.9 February 2011
Aphelion 4.0.10 April 2011
Aphelion 4.1.0 October 2011
Aphelion 4.1.1 April 2012
Aphelion 4.1.2 November 2012
Aphelion 4.2.0 February 2013
Aphelion 4.2.1 January 2014
Aphelion 4.3.0 October 2014
Aphelion 4.3.1 December 2014
Aphelion 4.3.2 September 2015
Aphelion 4.4.0 October 2017
Aphelion 4.5.0 February 2021
Aphelion 4.6.0 October 2022
 
GUI of a previous version of Aphelion (version 3.2j).

Notes and references

  1. "Aphelion application fields". adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. "Aphelion application fields videos". adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. "What is new in Aphelion 4.3 release". adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. "Aphelion Dev overview". adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. "Help documents". adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. "ADCIS (Advanced Concepts in Imaging Software) products videos". adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Official Aphelion Dev brochure (2015)" (PDF). adcis.net. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. "Software extensions brochures". adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  9. Legland, David (March 2009). "Solutions logicielles pour le traitement d'images" [Softwares for addressing image processing] (PDF). INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) (in français). Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  10. "Aphelion user guide (Loading a macro as an Aphelion plugin)" (PDF). adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  11. "Aphelion version and changes history". adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

Other references

Miscellaneous

Materials science applications

  • Hénault, Éric (2006). "Method of Automatic Characterization of Inclusion Population by a SEM-FEG/EDS/Image Analysis System". Jeol News. 41 (73): 22–24. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

    A coupling was carried out between a field-emission scanning electron microscope (JEOL, JSM-6500F), an energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) (PGT, detector SDD SAHARA) and image analysis software (APHELION).

  • Hellal, Fatah; et al. (February 2000). "Diffusion du carbone lors de la décomposition de l'austénite en ferrite et en graphite dans une fonte à graphite sphéroïdal" [Carbon dispersion during the decomposition of austenite into ferrite and graphite in a spheroidal graphite cast iron]. Canadian Journal of Physics (in français). 77 (9): 677–684. Bibcode:2000CaJPh..77..677H. doi:10.1139/p99-037.
  • Geandier, G.; et al. (December 2003). "Residual stresses in alumina-chromium composites: micromechanical analysis and study by X-ray diffraction". Revue de Métallurgie. 100 (12): 1163–1172. doi:10.1051/metal:2003185.
  • Moreaud, Maxime (10 April 2007). "Nanotomographie" [Nanotomography] (PDF). cmm.mines-paristech.fr (in français). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

    [...] une solution complète d'alignement des projections et de reconstruction tomographique 3D a été développée et intégrée à la plateforme Aphelion.
    [ [...] a complete projection alignment and 3D reconstruction plug-in was developed and integrated to Aphelion.]

  • Bizet, L.; et al. (2004). "Serial sections through a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composite". Image Analysis and Stereology. 23 (3): 167–176. doi:10.5566/ias.v23.p167-176. S2CID 55132253.

    However, they can be defined after simple morphological transformations on the digitized images of the microstructure: a closing is made on the fiber phase of the yarn by using the Aphelion software.

  • Yotte, S.; et al. (2004). "PMMC cluster analysis". Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 5 (2): 171–188. doi:10.3970/cmes.2004.005.171.
  • Blacher, Silvia; et al. (14 July 2004). "Image analysis of X-ray microtomograms of Pd–Ag/SiO2 xerogel catalysts supported on Al2O3 foams". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 241 (1–3): 201–206. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.04.006.
  • Fall, A.; et al. (November 2001). "Characterization of Mixing in a Stirred Tank by Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF)" (PDF). 4th International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes. 79 (8): 876–882. doi:10.1205/02638760152721073. S2CID 97079319.
  • Léonard, Angélique; et al. (15 June 2005). "Image analysis of X-ray microtomograms of soft materials during convective drying: 3D measurements". Journal of Microscopy. 218 (3): 247–252. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01485.x. PMID 15958018. S2CID 46242660.

    Specific programs were developed using Aphelion 3.2f (Adcis S.A.) and Matlab software, with image analysis toolbox version 6.0 from Mathworks (Natick, MA).

  • Lambert, Jérôme; et al. (February 2005). "Extraction of relevant physical parameters from 3D images of foams obtained by X-ray tomography". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 263 (1–3): 295–302. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.01.002.

Life sciences applications

Earth science applications

Theory applications

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