OMERO clients overview
======================
Most laboratories use a number of different imaging platforms and thus
require tools to manage, visualize and analyze heterogeneous sets of
image data recorded in a range of file formats. Ideally a single set of
applications, running on a user's laptop or workstation, could access
all sets of data, and provide easy-to-use access to this data.
OMERO ships as a server application called :program:`OMERO.server` and a
series of client applications (known simply as clients): :program:`OMERO.web`,
:program:`OMERO.insight` and :program:`OMERO.importer`. All run on the major
operating systems and provide image visualization, management, and annotation
to users from remote locations. With a large number of OMERO.server
installations worldwide, OMERO has been shown to be relatively easy to install
and get running.
OMERO.insight and OMERO.importer are desktop applications written in Java
and require Java |javaversion| (or higher) to be installed on the user's
computer (this can easily be installed from ``_ if it is not
already included in your OS).
Our user assistance :help:`help website<>` provides a series of
workflow-based guides to performing common actions in the client applications,
such as importing and viewing data, exporting images and using the measuring
tool.
Our partners within the OME consortium are also producing new clients and
modules for OMERO, integrating additional functionality, particularly for more
complex image analysis. See the :partner_plone:`Partner Projects <>` page for
more details.
.. _omero-web:
OMERO.web
---------
OMERO.web is a web-based client for users who wish to access their data in the
browser. This offers a similar view to the OMERO.insight desktop client.
Figures :ref:`omeroweb_52` and :ref:`omero_web_5_2` present the user
interface. Developers can use the |OmeroWeb| to build customized
views.
.. _omeroweb_52:
.. figure:: /images/omero_web.png
:width: 60%
:align: center
:alt: OMERO.web user interface
OMERO.web user interface
.. _omero_web_5_2:
.. figure:: /images/web_viewer.png
:width: 60%
:align: center
:alt: OMERO.web image viewer
OMERO.web image viewer
For more information and guides to using OMERO.web, see our
:help:`help website <>`.
.. _omero-insight:
OMERO.insight
-------------
OMERO.insight provides a number of tools for accessing and using data in an
OMERO server. Figures :ref:`omero_insight_screenshot_5_2` and
:ref:`omero_insight_5_2_viewer` present the user interface. To find out more,
see the :help:`OMERO.insight user guides <>`.
.. _omero_insight_screenshot_5_2:
.. figure:: /images/insight.png
:align: center
:width: 60%
:alt: OMERO.insight
OMERO.insight
.. _omero_insight_5_2_viewer:
.. figure:: /images/insight-viewer.png
:align: center
:width: 60%
:alt: OMERO.insight ImageViewer and Measurement Tool
OMERO.insight ImageViewer and Measurement Tool
Among many features, the noteworthy OMERO.insight elements are:
- DataManager, a traditional tree-based view of the data hierarchies in an
OMERO server. DataManager supports access to all image metadata,
annotations, tags
- ImageViewer, for visualization of 5D images (space, channel, time). The
ImageViewer makes use of the OMERO server's Rendering Engine, and provides
high-performance viewing of multi-dimensional images on standard
workstations (e.g. scrolling through space and time), without requiring
installation of high-powered graphics cards. Most importantly, image viewing
at remote locations is enabled. Image rendering settings are saved and
chosen by user ID
- Measurement Tool, a sub-application of ImageViewer that enables size and
intensity measurements of defined regions-of-interest (ROIs)
- Working Area, for viewing, annotating, and manipulating large sets of image
data
- user administration
- image import
Our user assistance :help:`help website <>` features a number of
workflow-based guides to importing, viewing, managing and exporting your data
using OMERO.insight.
.. _omero-importer:
OMERO.importer
--------------
The OMERO.importer is part of the OMERO.insight client, but can also run as a
stand-alone application. The OMERO.importer allows the import of proprietary
image data files from a filesystem accessed from the user's computer to a
running OMERO server. This tool uses a standard file browser to select the
image files for import into an OMERO server.
The tool uses Bio-Formats for translation of proprietary file formats in
preparation for upload to an OMERO Server. Visit
:bf_doc:`Supported Formats `
for a detailed list of supported formats.
.. figure:: /images/importer.png
:align: center
:width: 60%
:alt: OMERO.importer
OMERO.importer