[Histonet] Alternatives to BioQuant for Bone Histomorphometry

[louise renton]

I use a system called analySIS (for Windows)- marketed here by Olympus. We
use this for percentage bone calculations, linear measurements and touch
counting. The data is immediately put into a spread sheet and you have an
automatic stats facility



On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Kathleen Jones <Kjones <@t> upei.ca> wrote:

> Hi Adam
>
> Have you checked out ImageJ? It's a free downloadable program that I
> have used for alveolar morphometry. Fairly user friendly, more so than
> BioQuant, although not quite as thorough.
>
> Good Luck
> Kathy
>
>
> Kathleen Jones
> Research Technician
> Pathology/Microbiology
> AVC - UPEI
> (902)566-0595
>
>
> >>> "Adam ." <anonwums1 <@t> gmail.com> 2/5/2010 6:38 PM >>>
> 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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Louise Renton
Bone Research Unit
University of the Witwatersrand
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