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Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition

Visualization and Analysis Software

Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition is an advanced analysis software solution for 2D/3D data acquired by a variety of imaging technologies including X-ray microscopy and FIB-SEM.

  • Visualize, explore, and quantify with best in class rendering
  • Multi-scale and multi-modal data visualization
  • Customize with Python scripting
  • Easy to use
Multi-scale visualization of corrosion damage of a magnesium alloy
Multi-scale visualization of corrosion damage of a magnesium alloy. Imaged by ZEISS Xradia 810 Ultra and ZEISS Crossbeam 540. Courtesy of the University of Manchester

Visualize, Explore, and Quantify with Best in Class Rendering

Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition is an advanced analysis software solution for 2D/3D data acquired by a variety of imaging technologies including X-ray microscopy and FIB-SEM. Using state-of-the-art volume rendering and access to advanced visualization techniques, Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition enables high-definition exploration into the details and properties of 3D datasets. Interactive inspection with color and opacity mapping means that in-depth analyses can always be visualized in meaningful ways and findings can be presented with easy-to-produce high-quality animated sequences.

 

  • Triple phase boundary calculation and interfacial mesh analysis
  • Spatial Network analysis for quantifications such as tortuosity and connectivity
  • Automatic object splitting and merging
  • Advanced segmentation using machine learning
  • Register and stitch 3D datasets
  • Auto-process module
  • Visualization of an additive manufactured Inconel lattice with porosity color coded by volume.

    Visualization of an additive manufactured Inconel lattice with porosity color coded by volume.

    Multi-scale and multi-modal data visualization

    With Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition, file formats such as .txm and .czi can be read and include system spatial coordinates allowing for accurate dataset registration used in Scout and Scan and correlative workflows. Combined with data handling for time-dependent, 4D data.

  • Individually segmented fibers with virtual floor rendering.

    Individually segmented fibers with virtual floor rendering.

    Customize with Python Scripting

    Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition enables Python scripting - a powerful feature that allows users to customize their data processing and visualization needs. Users now have access to the data channels and properties within the interface creating a limitless and customizable post-processing environment. In addition, Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition uses Python with numpy, scipy and many other libraries standard with Anaconda distribution.

  • Easy to Use

    Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition is easy to use. With minutes of experience, you can explore, navigate, and annotate your dataset. In a few hours, gain control of more advanced tools such as image processing, segmentation, object analysis, and movie making. Use our compact, topic-specific training videos to familiarize yourself with Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition in the shortest amount of time.

Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition

Training Videos
    • Dragonfly getting started

      Getting started

    • Dragonfly importing images

      Importing images

    • Dragonfly window leveling

      Window leveling

    • Dragonfly LUTs

      LUTs

    • Dragonfly manipulate

      Manipulate

    • Dragonfly flip and rotate

      Flip and rotate

    • Dragonfly visual planes

      Visual planes

    • Dragonfly using shapes

      Using shapes

    • Dragonfly annotations

      Annotations

    • Dragonfly clip, crop and drive

      Clip, crop and drive

    • Move 3D registartion

    • Dragonfly stitching 3D datasets

      Stitching 3D datasets

    • Dragonfly image filtering

      Image filtering

    • Dragonfly removing stripes

      Removing stripes

    • Dragonfly flip and rotate

      Flip and rotate

    • Dragonfly macro engine

      Macro engine

    • Dragonfly measuring distances

      Measuring distances

    • Dragonfly ROIs and tickness mesh

      ROIs and tickness mesh

    • 3D movie maker

    • 2D animations

Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition

Features
  • Mammalian cell with mitochondria and ER segmented.

    Auto-process enables real-time processing of serial section 2D stack experiments. Apply filtering, segmentation, registration and predefined macros. Mammalian cell with mitochondria and ER segmented. Imaged on ZEISS GeminiSEM 3View. Courtesy of the Cross Cancer Institute.

    High-impact Visualization

    • Apply visual effects, such as look-up table functions, regions of interest, multi-ROIs and meshes
    • Freely inspect multi-planar slices
    • Sharply define objects or features of interest with Focus and Depth of Field controls
    • Easily adjust the opacity of all objects visible in 2D and 3D view
  • Triple Phase Boundary calculation (yellow) of solid oxide fuel cell allows for accurate metrics of length, interfacial surface area and local tortuosity.

    Triple Phase Boundary calculation (yellow) of solid oxide fuel cell allows for accurate metrics of length, interfacial surface area and local tortuosity. Imaged on ZEISS Xradia 810 Ultra. Courtesy of the Colorado School of Mine

    Analyze

    • Study volume metrics including porosity, particle/void analysis
    • Measure surface areas
    • Measure min, max, and mean intensity values and standard deviation
    • Profile intensity distribution within selected areas
  • Deep Learning segmentation of mouse retina cell.

    Deep Learning segmentation of mouse retina cell.

    Image Processing and Segmentation

    • Extensive image processing toolkit
      • Arithmetic filters
      • Smoothing
      • Morphology
      • Edge detection
      • Shading correction
      • Contrast adjustment
      • Sharpening
      • Threshold techniques
      • Texture analysis
    • Apply intuitive masking operations
    • Advanced segmentation tool options
  • Import Data

    • 2D/3D and time dependent (4D)
    • Image formats: ZEISS TXM, ZEISS CZI, TIFF, BMP, RAW, DICOM
    • Mesh formats: 3D studio Max, ASCII, BREP, CS FDB, DirectX, IGES, OBJ, PLY, STEP, STL, VRML, VTK polydata (VTK), VTK polydata XML (VTP), VTK unstructured grid (VTK), Mesh, ORS XML
  • Correlative Ready

    • Bring multiple datasets into the same workplace supporting ZEISS Scout and Zoom multi-modal techniques
  • Export Data

    • Image formats: TIF, DICOM, ZEISS CZI, BMP, JPG, PNG, DDS, DIB, HDR, PFM
    • Mesh formats: Direct X, OpenInventor 2.0, STL, VRML, WaveFront, VTK, MESH, ORS XML, PLY
    • Save session: XML
    • Save high DPI poster-size images in a variety of formats
    • Save high definition movie sequences as gif, avi, and wmv

Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition

Optional Extensions
  • Deep Learning segmentation of polymer electrolyte fuel cell.

    Deep Learning segmentation of polymer electrolyte fuel cell.

    Deep Learning Module

    Revolutionize your workflows: Powered by Google’s TensorFlow and Keras, Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition gives you the power to train, reuse, and repurpose existing models for advanced applications, and develop new neural networks.

    Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition's deep learning solution is bundled with pre-built and pre-trained neural networks, making it easy and fast to apply even for novices.

    Vastly improve the quality of your images using these deep learning-based models. From denoising to super resolution, you will see your images in clearer detail than ever before.

  • Volume thickness map of trabeculae

    Volume thickness map of trabeculae

    Bone Analysis Module

    Analyze bone micro-architectures using semi-automated workflows. Designed for evaluating high-resolution micro-CT image data, the Bone Analysis Module provides 3D vector-based mappings of anisotropy magnitude and directionality and 3D scalar-based mappings of volume fraction. In addition, an automated separation of cortical and trabecular bone drives the calculation of common bone morphometric indices.

FAQ

  • After installing Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition, go to Help menu and select Activate Product. Enter your license key in the Activation Key text field. Click Activate.

  • You can request an offline (pre-activated) license key by contacting support.dragonfly@comet.tech. In the request, please provide license key and Computer ID (can be found by running Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition, go to Help > Activate Product).

  • No, Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition license key is node-locked and can only be used in one workstation.

  • All customers are entitled to the latest version of Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition that is released within one year of license activation or six months after purchase date, whichever is earlier. Beyond that, an active Annual Maintenance Contract is required to allow the download of latest version of Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition. To inquire about extending your expired Annual Maintenance Contract, please contact.

  • Yes. Each Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition license purchase comes with one year of maintenance contract. Owners of a maintenance contract are entitled to free upgrades of minor and major software releases, as well as to priority Technical Support services over a period of 12 months from the date of initial purchase. Additional coverage can be purchased after the first year.

Downloads

  • Dragonfly 3D World ZEISS edition Product Flyer

    Outstanding 3D visualization with best-in-class graphics

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