Section: New Software and Platforms

Logiciels

TiQuant

Systems biology and medicine on histological scales require quantification of images from histological image modalities such as confocal laser scanning or bright field microscopy. The latter can be used to calibrate the initial state of a mathematical model, and to evaluate its explanatory value, which hitherto has been little recognized ([7] ). We generated a software for image analysis of histological material and demonstrated its use in analysing liver confocal micrografts, called TiQuant (Tissue Quantifier) [10] . The software is part of an analysis chain detailing protocols of imaging, image processing and analysis in liver tissue, permitting 3D reconstructions of liver lobules down to a resolution of less than a micrometer. (This work is a collaboration with the group of JG Hengstler, IfADo, Germany)

TiSim

We advanced the complementary software TiSim (Tissue Simulator) that will soon be provided. TiSim permits agent-based simulations of multicellular systems and can be directly fed by processed image data from TiQuant.