[Histonet] Alternatives to BioQuant for Bone Histomorphometry

[Jack Ratliff]

Adam,

What stain are you using for your quantitation and are you trying to  
perform measurements via the "thresholding" feature?


Jack

On Feb 5, 2010, at 4:38 PM, "Adam ." <anonwums1 <@t> gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am looking for an alternative program to BioQuant for bone
> histomorphometry. We need to quantify the number of osteoblasts /
> osteoclasts per bone surface area as well as the percent surface area
> occupied by those cells. We have a computer with BioQuant on it  
> available,
> but we find the software to be incredibly clunky and often nearly  
> impossible
> to use. Based on my limited attempts to use it, it very well might  
> rank as
> one of the worst user interfaces I've ever seen, and I was trained in
> computer science and have seen my fair share of horrible software (I'm
> looking at you, Lotus Notes).
>
> Anyhow, any suggestions on a (preferably cheap / free) replacement  
> for doing
> simple analysis or how to make BioQuant less painful would be very  
> helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
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