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NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of Image Analysis

C. Schneider, W. Rasband, K. Eliceiri

2012.6.28NATURE METHODS

DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2089

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The origins, challenges and solutions of NIH Image and ImageJ software are discussed, and how their history can serve to advise and inform other software projects.

Abstract

For the past 25 years NIH Image and ImageJ software have been pioneers as open tools for the analysis of scientific images. We discuss the origins, challenges and solutions of these two programs, and how their history can serve to advise and inform other software projects.

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SCHNEIDER, C.; RASBAND, W.; ELICEIRI, K. NIH image to imagej: 25 years of image analysis. NATURE METHODS, 2012, 9: 671–675.