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 release | 1996 |
| Stable release | 4.6.0 / 27 October 2022 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C sharp, C++ |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | Image processing |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Website | www |
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.
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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:
- security (surveillance, object tracking)
- remote sensing
- quality control for the industry and inspection applications
- materials science
- life sciences (medicine and biology)
- earth science (geology)
- theory (image processing, machine learning and optimization)
Specifications
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
Notes and references
- ↑ Aphelion application fields. adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ Aphelion application fields videos. adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ What is new in Aphelion 4.3 release. adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ Aphelion Dev overview. adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ Help documents. adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ ADCIS (Advanced Concepts in Imaging Software) products videos. adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Official Aphelion Dev brochure (2015). adcis.net. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ↑ Software extensions brochures. adcis.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ Legland, David. Solutions logicielles pour le traitement d'images (in fr). INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) (March 2009). Retrieved 25 February 2016.
- ↑ Aphelion user guide (Loading a macro as an Aphelion plugin). adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ Aphelion version and changes history. adcis.net. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Other references
Miscellaneous
- Image analysis software list. peipa.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- Aphelion 2006 advertising. AdvancedImagingPro.com. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
Materials science applications
- Hénault, Éric. Method of Automatic Characterization of Inclusion Population by a SEM-FEG/EDS/Image Analysis System. Jeol News 41 (73) (2006). p. 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. Diffusion du carbone lors de la décomposition de l'austénite en ferrite et en graphite dans une fonte à graphite sphéroïdal (in fr). Canadian Journal of Physics 77 (9) (February 2000). p. 677–684. doi:10.1139/p99-037.
- Geandier, G.. Residual stresses in alumina-chromium composites: micromechanical analysis and study by X-ray diffraction. Revue de Métallurgie 100 (12) (December 2003). p. 1163–1172. doi:10.1051/metal:2003185.
- Moreaud, Maxime. Nanotomographie (in fr). cmm.mines-paristech.fr (10 April 2007). 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.. Serial sections through a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composite. Image Analysis and Stereology 23 (3) (2004). p. 167–176. doi:10.5566/ias.v23.p167-176.
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.. PMMC cluster analysis. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 5 (2) (2004). p. 171–188. doi:10.3970/cmes.2004.005.171.
- Blacher, Silvia. 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) (14 July 2004). p. 201–206. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.04.006.
- Fall, A.. Characterization of Mixing in a Stirred Tank by Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF). 4th International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes 79 (8) (November 2001). p. 876–882. doi:10.1205/02638760152721073.
- Léonard, Angélique. Image analysis of X-ray microtomograms of soft materials during convective drying: 3D measurements. Journal of Microscopy 218 (3) (15 June 2005). p. 247–252. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01485.x.
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. 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) (February 2005). p. 295–302. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.01.002.
Life sciences applications
- (June 2006) "Effect of GSM-900 RFR on HSP expression in brain immune cells" in 28th Annual Meeting of the BEMS. . hal-00161897, version 1.
The level of heat shock protein expression was estimated using image analysis (Aphelion software).
- Jost, Maud. Earlier Onset of Tumoral Angiogenesis in Matrix Metalloproteinase-19–Deficient Mice. Cancer Research 66 (10) (15 May 2006). p. 5234–5241. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-4315.
The ratio between the surface of bisbenzimide staining and the surface of specific immunostaining was measured by using a software Aphelion 3.2 from Adcis (Herouville Saint Clair, France).
- Van't Hof, Rob. Identification of biphenylcarboxylic acid derivatives as a novel class of bone resorption inhibitors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 19 (10) (October 2004). p. 1651–1660. doi:10.1359/jbmr.2004.19.10.1651. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
The area resorbed was quantified by Image Analysis using custom software developed using Aphelion ActiveX objects (ADCIS).
- (4–8 July 2005) "Avantages d'une quantification à basse résolution de la vascularisation intratumorale" in 9th conference of the French Microscopy Society (French: Société Française des Microscopies) (SFµ). .
Une routine de traitement d'images, développée dans l'environnement du logiciel boîte à outils Aphelion (ADCIS) permet de donner une appréciation objective du degré de vascularisation moyen et maximal de la tumeur.
[An image analysis macro-command, developed in the Aphelion (ADCIS) toolbox software, allows to appreciate objectively the mean and maximum grades of tumor vascularisation.] - Le Maire, Sophie. Caractérisation par analyse d'images de l'angiogenèse sur des coupes histologiques (in fr). Group for Study of Signal and Image Analysis (French: GRETSI (Groupe d'Études du Traitement du Signal et des Images)) (2005). Retrieved 22 February 2016.
Les logiciels utilisés pour réaliser ce travail sont les suivants : (a) APHELION v.3.2 pour le traitement d'images 2D, la reconstruction 3D et les mesures 2D et 3D, [...]
[Softwares used to accomplish this work are: (a) APHELION v.3.2 for 2D image analysis, 3D reconstruction, and 2D and 3D measurements, [...] ] - Ghazi, Kamelia. Hyaluronan Fragments Improve Wound Healing on In Vitro Cutaneous Model through P2X7 Purinoreceptor Basal Activation: Role of Molecular Weight. PLOS ONE 7 (11) (16 November 2012). p. e48351. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048351.
Percentage of wound area was measured using Aphelion Dev image processing and analysis software developed by ADCIS S.A.
- Hatem, I.. Cartilage and bone segmentation in vertebra images. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 46 (5) (June 2003). doi:10.13031/2013.15436.
- Kriston-Vizi, Janos. Biometrical approaches for mandarin leaf image analysis. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 2 (2) (2004). p. 119–134. doi:10.15666/aeer/02119134.
For image analysis the Aphelion software package was used made by Adcis SA and AAI Inc.
Earth science applications
- Lebourg, Thomas. Influence of morphological characteristics of heterogeneous till formations on the mechanical behaviour by using image and statistical analysis. Engineering Geology (73) (2004). p. 37–50. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2003.11.004. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- Lebourg, Thomas. Morphological Characteristics of Till Formations in Relation with Mechanical Parameters. Mathematical Geology 35 (7) (October 2003). p. 835–852. doi:10.1023/B:MATG.0000007782.78685.a3.
- Gauchat, K.. Cristal Size Distribution (CSD) of garnets as function of metallographic grade and composition in black marls of the Nufenen zone. Geophysical Research Abstracts 8 (2006).
The 2D garnet distributions and garnet shapes were determined using the Aphelion image analysis program
- (6 February 2003) "Taille et Forme des cristaux de quartz dans une géode du forage EPS1 de Soultz-sous-Forêts" in 25th conference of the French Stereology Society. .
- (13–15 October 2003) "Coupled THM modelling of the stimulated permeable fractures in the near well at the Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France)" in Geoproc 2003, International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems. 2 : 665–670. DOI:10.1016/S1571-9960(04)80116-2.
Theory applications
- Hanbury, Allan. A 3D-polar coordinate colour representation suitable for image analysis (2002). University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
Software already used by the author which implement cylindrically shaped colour models include: Matlab release 12.1, Aphelion 3.0, Optimas 6.1 and Paint Shop Pro 7.
- Brambor, Jaromír (11 July 2006) (in fr). Algorithmes de la morphologie mathématique pour les architectures orientées flux. p. 80. http://cmm.ensmp.fr/~brambor/public/docs/Brambor-Doctoral-Thesis/Brambor-Doctoral-Thesis.pdf. Retrieved 23 February 2016.