Feature List
New Features in OMERO 5.3
ROI Folders
Organize ROIs into hierarchical folders for viewing and analysis.
LookUp Table support
You can now select a LookUp Table for your data in the UI.
New Wells UI
You can now annotate Wells in the clients and view them in a new Grid View.
Open With...
Custom plugins can be launched via OMERO.web.
Reverse intensity rendering
You can now reverse or invert image intensity.
Histogram support
Clients now support histograms.
OMERO 5 Features
Import | Organize | Metadata | View | Analyze | Export | Utility functions
Import
Import images
Import images from microscope, graphics and other imaging
formats, using the OMERO.insight client.
Supported file formats
OMERO imports all the formats read by Bio-Formats
including microscopy, HCS, tissue scanner and graphics file formats. Over 140 in
total.
Improved performance
Stream-lined backend import process uploads large datasets such as HCS and SPIM. much faster.
Original file formats
OMERO.server now uploads, exports, and stores files in
their original file format.
File integrity reports
Import process checks uploaded files aren't corrupted
giving extra confidence that they are safely stored.
DropBox
Full-fledged "DropBox" — allows automatic import from a
defined directory of all supported file formats.
Command Line Import
Import-For
Group owners and sysadmins can import data for other users in that
group, which they will then own.
Reduced storage requirements
Import process doesn't duplicate pixel data so storage
requirements are roughly halved compared with 4.4 import & original file
archiving.
Organize
Manage and organize
Manage, organize and delete images within Projects and
Datasets.
Improved searching
Functionality of search has been improved in both clients.
Browse & View Images
Browse and View Images remotely on cross-platform
software.
Permissions
OMERO permissions functionality allows users to share
data within groups of scientists and collaborate on their data.
Browse multiple groups and move data between them. Group
owners have extra capabilities.
Annotate Data
Annotate your data with descriptions, comments, file
attachments, tags or rating.
Share
Share sets of images with other users and have a
conversation about the data.
Metadata
Metadata
Browse image acquisition metadata in OMERO.insight and
OMERO.web.
Model updates
5.1 added support for units and new more flexible user-added metadata.
Improved UI for metadata
Updates to right hand pane of the UI for improved display of extensive metadata and annotations.
View
View Images
Complex multidimensional datasets
Improved support in the clients and via Bio-Formats 5.
Improved web UI
The OMERO.web client has had a face-lift, with various
usability enhancements too
Rendering settings
Improvements in rendering settings workflow especially in OMERO.web.
Big Images
OMERO supports large images, with infrastructure and
viewers to support panning and zooming
HCS data
HCS data can be viewed in a Screen / Plate / Well
hierarchy in the OMERO.insight and OMERO.web clients.
Analyze
Draw ROIs
Draw ROIs across multiple dimensions and measure pixel
intensity.
ImageJ/Fiji plugin
You can import images and save ROIs and overlays from ImageJ/Fiji into OMERO.
Attaching analytical results
Better support for attaching analytical results.
Scripting Service
Write Python scripts to add functionality to the
OMERO.server. Share your scripts with the community.
Python Blitz API
The Python 'Blitz' Gateway provides an easy-to-use API
for OMERO making it easier to work with your data in Python.
Image Processing
The Scripting Service can be used to add image processing
and analysis functionality to the OMERO server.
Tabular Data support
HDF-based storage of measurement results with an API for
exporting to Excel using OMERO.tables.
Export
Figure Export
Export your data as figures for presentation.
Export Images
Export whole Images as OME-TIFFs or other supported
formats.
Export to ImageJ
Export any image as OME-TIFF or connect to OMERO with the
ImageJ plugin to open images in
ImageJ
Utility
Manage users & groups
Server administrators can add and manage users and groups
with the admin tools.
OMERO.mail
Sysadmins can use a new GUI to email users from the server.
Delete
New asynchronous Delete infrastructure with much improved
performance and lower memory requirements.
Command Line
Many OMERO functions can be accessed from the command
line (also see Import above).
ImageJ plugin
The ImageJ plugin includes the whole OMERO.insight
client.
Quality Assurance
Feedback system that allows users to send comments, bugs,
or data files, and to track responses and updates.
Demo server
Take the advantage of OMERO platform and ask for a free
Demo Account here.
LDAP support
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support.
Personalise
Edit your account details and upload your photo to
personalise your account.
Feedback & support