Aphelion (software)

This article is about the image analysis software suite. For astronomy, see aphelion. For other uses, see Aphelion (disambiguation).

The Aphelion Imaging Software Suite is a set of computer programs for image processing and image analysis. It includes three base products: Aphelion Lab, Aphelion Dev, and Aphelion SDK.

Aphelion Imaging Software Suite

Aphelion Dev graphical user interface
Developer(s)	ADCIS French company
Initial release	1996 (1996)
Stable release	4.6.1 / 15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)
Written in	C sharp, C++
Operating system	Windows
Type	Image processing
License	Proprietary commercial software
Website	www.adcis.net/en/home/

The Aphelion software product can be used to prototype applications using the graphical user interface. It provides a set of tools for programmers which have to develop software with image analysis needs.

Applications

The Aphelion Imaging Software Suite is used by students, researchers, engineers, and software developers in application domains requiring image processing and computer vision, such as:

• security (surveillance, object tracking)
• remote sensing
• quality control for the industry and inspection applications
• materials science
• life sciences (medicine and biology)
• earth science (geology)
• theory (image processing, machine learning and optimization)

Specifications

Aphelion Dev Graphical User Interface version 4.x: (1) Task Bar, (2) Image Display, (3) Macro editing window/Function window, (4) Charts (a profile is displayed in this example), (5) Image Gallery, (6) Measurement grid.

All products of the Aphelion Imaging Software Suite can be run on PC equipped with Windows (Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, or 10) 32 or 64 bits. An online help and video tutorials are available to the user.

Software extensions

Below is a list of Aphelion optional extensions:

• 3D Image Processing and 3D Image Display: A set of extensions to display and process 3D images. The 3D display extension is based on the VTK software product.
• 3D Skeletonization: Extension to compute the 3D skeleton.
• Image Registration: Image registration extension to register images coming from different acquisition devices.
• Classification Tools: Classification extension including a « Fuzzy Logic » (fuzzy logic classification),« Neural Networks » (classification based on neural networks), and « Random Forest » (classification based on random forests, derived from the R software product)
• Kriging: Specific extension to remove image noise using geostatistics techniques.
• Camera interface drivers and microscope interface software
• Virtual Image Capture and Virtual Image Stitcher: Two software products to capture mult-field images and stitch them into one single and very large image in the fields of optical and electron microscopy (image stitching).
• Stereology Analyzer: Software to analyze a very large image using stereology. This extension is mainly used in the field of biology on images acquired by a scan microscope.
• VisionTutor: Online image processing course including all the theory and application macro commands that are compatible with Aphelion.

The Aphelion user can add his/her own macro-commands in the user interface that have been automatically recorded to process a batch of images. He/she can also add plugins and libraries in the GUI that have been developed outside the Aphelion environment.

Software versions

GUI of a previous version of Aphelion (version 3.2j).

Notes and references

Other references

Miscellaneous

• "Image analysis software list". peipa.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
• "Aphelion 2006 advertising" (PDF). AdvancedImagingPro.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2015.

Materials science applications

• Hénault, Éric (2006). "Method of Automatic Characterization of Inclusion Population by a SEM-FEG/EDS/Image Analysis System". Jeol News. 41 (73): 22–24. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

  A coupling was carried out between a field-emission scanning electron microscope (JEOL, JSM-6500F), an energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) (PGT, detector SDD SAHARA) and image analysis software (APHELION).

• Hellal, Fatah; et al. (February 2000). "Diffusion du carbone lors de la décomposition de l'austénite en ferrite et en graphite dans une fonte à graphite sphéroïdal" [Carbon dispersion during the decomposition of austenite into ferrite and graphite in a spheroidal graphite cast iron]. Canadian Journal of Physics (in French). 77 (9): 677–684. Bibcode:2000CaJPh..77..677H. doi:10.1139/p99-037.
• Geandier, G.; et al. (December 2003). "Residual stresses in alumina-chromium composites: micromechanical analysis and study by X-ray diffraction". Revue de Métallurgie. 100 (12): 1163–1172. doi:10.1051/metal:2003185.
• Moreaud, Maxime (10 April 2007). "Nanotomographie" [Nanotomography] (PDF). cmm.mines-paristech.fr (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

  [...] une solution complète d'alignement des projections et de reconstruction tomographique 3D a été développée et intégrée à la plateforme Aphelion.
  [ [...] a complete projection alignment and 3D reconstruction plug-in was developed and integrated to Aphelion.]

• Bizet, L.; et al. (2004). "Serial sections through a continuous fiber-reinforced polymer composite". Image Analysis and Stereology. 23 (3): 167–176. doi:10.5566/ias.v23.p167-176. S2CID 55132253.

  However, they can be defined after simple morphological transformations on the digitized images of the microstructure: a closing is made on the fiber phase of the yarn by using the Aphelion software.

• Yotte, S.; et al. (2004). "PMMC cluster analysis". Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 5 (2): 171–188. doi:10.3970/cmes.2004.005.171.
• Blacher, Silvia; et al. (14 July 2004). "Image analysis of X-ray microtomograms of Pd–Ag/SiO
  ₂ xerogel catalysts supported on Al
  ₂O
  ₃ foams". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 241 (1–3): 201–206. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.04.006. hdl:2268/6497.
• Fall, A.; et al. (November 2001). "Characterization of Mixing in a Stirred Tank by Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence (PLIF)" (PDF). 4th International Symposium on Mixing in Industrial Processes. 79 (8): 876–882. doi:10.1205/02638760152721073. S2CID 97079319.
• Léonard, Angélique; et al. (15 June 2005). "Image analysis of X-ray microtomograms of soft materials during convective drying: 3D measurements". Journal of Microscopy. 218 (3): 247–252. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2005.01485.x. PMID 15958018. S2CID 46242660.

  Specific programs were developed using Aphelion 3.2f (Adcis S.A.) and Matlab software, with image analysis toolbox version 6.0 from Mathworks (Natick, MA).

• Lambert, Jérôme; et al. (February 2005). "Extraction of relevant physical parameters from 3D images of foams obtained by X-ray tomography". Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 263 (1–3): 295–302. doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.01.002.

Life sciences applications

• Poulletier de Gannes, Florence; et al. (June 2006). Effect of GSM-900 RFR on HSP expression in brain immune cells. 28th Annual Meeting of the BEMS. Cancun, Mexico. hal-00161897, version 1. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

  The level of heat shock protein expression was estimated using image analysis (Aphelion software).

• Jost, Maud; et al. (15 May 2006). "Earlier Onset of Tumoral Angiogenesis in Matrix Metalloproteinase-19–Deficient Mice". Cancer Research. 66 (10): 5234–5241. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-4315. hdl:2268/11524. PMID 16707448.

  The ratio between the surface of bisbenzimide staining and the surface of specific immunostaining was measured by using a software Aphelion 3.2 from Adcis (Herouville Saint Clair, France).

• Van't Hof, Rob; et al. (October 2004). "Identification of biphenylcarboxylic acid derivatives as a novel class of bone resorption inhibitors". Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 19 (10): 1651–1660. doi:10.1359/jbmr.2004.19.10.1651. PMID 15355560. S2CID 24149039. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

  The area resorbed was quantified by Image Analysis using custom software developed using Aphelion ActiveX objects (ADCIS).

• Herlin, Paulette; et al. (4–8 July 2005). Avantages d'une quantification à basse résolution de la vascularisation intratumorale [Benefit of low resolution images usage for tumor angiogenesis quantization] (PDF). 9th conference of the French Microscopy Society (French: Société Française des Microscopies) (SFµ) (in French). Retrieved 25 November 2015.

  Une routine de traitement d'images, développée dans l'environnement du logiciel boîte à outils Aphelion (ADCIS) permet de donner une appréciation objective du degré de vascularisation moyen et maximal de la tumeur.
  [An image analysis macro-command, developed in the Aphelion (ADCIS) toolbox software, allows to appreciate objectively the mean and maximum grades of tumor vascularisation.]

• Le Maire, Sophie; et al. (2005). "Caractérisation par analyse d'images de l'angiogenèse sur des coupes histologiques" [Image analysis quantization of angiogenesis on images of histological slides]. Group for Study of Signal and Image Analysis (French: GRETSI (Groupe d'Études du Traitement du Signal et des Images)) (in French). hdl:2042/14096. Retrieved 22 February 2016.

  Les logiciels utilisés pour réaliser ce travail sont les suivants : (a) APHELION v.3.2 pour le traitement d'images 2D, la reconstruction 3D et les mesures 2D et 3D, [...]
  [Softwares used to accomplish this work are: (a) APHELION v.3.2 for 2D image analysis, 3D reconstruction, and 2D and 3D measurements, [...] ]

• Ghazi, Kamelia; et al. (16 November 2012). "Hyaluronan Fragments Improve Wound Healing on In Vitro Cutaneous Model through P2X7 Purinoreceptor Basal Activation: Role of Molecular Weight". PLOS ONE. 7 (11): e48351. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...748351G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048351. PMC 3500239. PMID 23173033.

  Percentage of wound area was measured using Aphelion Dev image processing and analysis software developed by ADCIS S.A.

• Hatem, I.; et al. (June 2003). "Cartilage and bone segmentation in vertebra images". Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. 46 (5). doi:10.13031/2013.15436.
• Kriston-Vizi, Janos; et al. (2004). "Biometrical approaches for mandarin leaf image analysis". Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 2 (2): 119–134. doi:10.15666/aeer/02119134.

  For image analysis the Aphelion software package was used made by Adcis SA and AAI Inc.

Earth science applications

• Lebourg, Thomas; et al. (2004). "Influence of morphological characteristics of heterogeneous till formations on the mechanical behaviour by using image and statistical analysis". Engineering Geology (73): 37–50. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2003.11.004. hdl:2268/450. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
• Lebourg, Thomas; et al. (October 2003). "Morphological Characteristics of Till Formations in Relation with Mechanical Parameters". Mathematical Geology. 35 (7): 835–852. doi:10.1023/B:MATG.0000007782.78685.a3. S2CID 123026264.
• Gauchat, K.; et al. (2006). "Cristal Size Distribution (CSD) of garnets as function of metallographic grade and composition in black marls of the Nufenen zone" (PDF). Geophysical Research Abstracts. 8.

  The 2D garnet distributions and garnet shapes were determined using the Aphelion image analysis program

• Riss, Joëlle; et al. (6 February 2003). Taille et Forme des cristaux de quartz dans une géode du forage EPS1 de Soultz-sous-Forêts [Size and shape of quartz grains in a geode providing from drill EPS1 of Soultz-sous-Forêts]. 25th conference of the French Stereology Society (in French).
• A., Hosni; et al. (13–15 October 2003). Coupled THM modelling of the stimulated permeable fractures in the near well at the Soultz-sous-Forêts site (France). Geoproc 2003, International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems. Elsevier Geo-Engineering Book Series. Vol. 2. Stockholm. pp. 665–670. doi:10.1016/S1571-9960(04)80116-2. ISBN 9780080445250. ISSN 1571-9960.

Theory applications

• Hanbury, Allan; Serra, Jean (2002). "A 3D-polar coordinate colour representation suitable for image analysis" (PDF). University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. PRIP-TR-77. Retrieved 5 November 2015. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

  Software already used by the author which implement cylindrically shaped colour models include: Matlab release 12.1, Aphelion 3.0, Optimas 6.1 and Paint Shop Pro 7.

• Brambor, Jaromír (11 July 2006). Algorithmes de la morphologie mathématique pour les architectures orientées flux [Mathematical morphology algorithms for flow oriented architectures] (PDF) (Ph.D. in mathematical morphology) (in French). School of Mines of Paris (Mines ParisTech). p. 80. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2016.

Other websites

• Official website
• Version history