Ji Yu Lab

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Octane

Super-resolution imaging and single molecule tracking software.

The Octane is a program we developed to facilitate works involved in super-resolution optical imaging (PALM, STORM etc). By providing an intuitive graphical user interface front end, we hope it can serve as a useful tool for a wide range of scientists, including experimental biologists as well as physicists. The program runs as a plugin of the (extremely versatile) ImageJ software, thus can be used on any image format that is supported by ImageJ.

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If you want to see what we do with the program or want to reference us, take a look at our papers:
Lili Niu and Ji Yu, Biophysical Journal,95(4):2009
Tatavarty et al Plos One 4(11):e7724

Download

The current version is 1.2. To install, download the program and simply copy it under the plugin folder of your ImageJ installation.

Source code .

JavaDoc is here.

Frequently asked question.

Requirement

  • Java runtime 1.6. Earlier versions are not supported.
  • ImageJ version 1.44 and up. Download it here.
  • Apache commons math library v2.2. Download it here or from Apache's website. This should also be copied to ImageJ's plugin folder.
  • Bean shell library. You only need this if you want to run your own script within the program.