PMA.start – universal whole slide image viewer for digital pathology
An end-user viewer and tile server in one convenient package
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35+ file formats; 4 viewing modalities; only 1 viewer
Brightfield
Fluorescence
Z-stacking
Macroscopic
Multiple operating systems
Windows
MacOS
Linux
Image analysis capabilities
PMA.start runs on top of PMA.core.lite, which serves as a tile server.
Automatic image processing workflows through our open API
Convenient image analysis experiments with our and ImageJ- and QuPath-plugins
Utilizing our powerful webservice API and language-specific SDKs you can automate your image analysis workflows via scripting and use any image processing library you want.
Through the ImageJ (FIJI) and QuPath plugins, you can bring any type of microscopic data into one of the most widely used image analysis programs on the market.
Value proposition and key features
What do you get when you install PMA.start?
PMA.view.lite
PMA.start is a free web based whole slide image viewer that:
- is lightweight and zero footprint
- interacts with a locally installed instance of PMA.core.lite
- efficiently allows navigation of giga-pixel imaging data
- can visualize brightfield, fluorescent and Z-stacking data
- allows channel-selection for fluorescent imaging data
PMA.core.lite
A locally installed server application, built using Microsoft .Net framework, that:
- allows you to navigate whole slide imaging data on your hard disk efficiently
- abstracts multi-file file formats for your convenience
- exposes an application programming interface (API) for image analysis
- runs on .Net Mono; no administratrive privileges needed
PMA.transfer
An advanced tool to transfer slides from your local hard disk to your professional PMA.core tile server.
More information about PMA.transfer can be found on our main website.
Dicomizer
A free command-line tool to convert any whole slide image to DICOM-compatible storage containers.
More information about our Dicomizer tool can be found at our RealData blog.
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Our platform also makes use of various 3rd party software libraries all of which are listed here.