Solve Your Image Management Problems Media Cybernetics, Inc. IQbase 2006 Seminar Series

Agenda Welcome - Introductions Interactive Discussion: –What do you want to get out of today’s meeting? –Why use an image management system? –Workflows Overview of IQbase Demonstration of IQbase Question & Answer Session Lunch

Media Cybernetics, Inc. Developer of image analysis software and solutions for investigators (scientists, production personnel, quality assurance, etc.) Leading supplier in microscopy imaging Founded in 1981 Offices in 7 countries around the world Acquired in 2001 by Roper Industries, $1.5 Billion/year in revenue NYSE traded company (ROP)

Media Cybernetics’ Imaging Products Life Science & Industrial Imaging – Image-Pro Plus & Image-Pro Express Image Database – IQbase Imaging Development Tools - IQstudio & IQcapture Live Cell Imaging – InVivo Analyzer Deconvolution & Visualization – AutoDeblur & AutoVisualize Molecular Imaging - Gel-Pro Analyzer & Array-Pro Analyzer

Why are you here today? Is there a problem? What are your image management issues? I’m here for the free lunch! (There is no FREE LUNCH – your time is valuable)

Some Things We’ve Heard I can’t find images - searching I want to share my images – collaboration I want to organize my images and metadata together – image management I want to secure my images – access I want to be more efficient – streamline workflow

Image Management Discussion How are you managing your images today?

The Image Management Problem As the number of images grows, so does the time spent managing them

The Trouble with How We Try to Manage Images Common Methods –Desktop or Network File Systems –Ill-suited Business Databases –Consumer Photo Albums

The Trouble with How We Try to Manage Images Desktop or Network File Systems –Difficult to search –Hard to organize –Minimal sharing of images and data

The Trouble with How We Try to Manage Images Ill-suited Business Databases –Not designed for managing images and data –Difficult to add or make changes

The Trouble with How We Try to Manage Images Consumer Photo Albums –Not designed for managing images and data –No sophisticated search tools –Difficult to share on network or Intranet

Purpose of an Image Management System Asset Management Decision Support Knowledge Management Training System

Image Database Benefits Time Savings to Search Collaboration Secure Access Workflow

“IQbase is simplicity combined with technical depth.” Rick Kontra IBM Corporation – Microelectronics Division How Can We Help?

IQbase Image and Data Management Designed for managing images and data Sophisticated search tools Image Informatics Access image database from the Web Highly customizable: VBA built-in

IQbase Database Benefits Reduce costs associated with image handling Improve productivity User-friendly Secure image information Scalable as organization/projects grow Minimal IT staff involvement

Sample IQbase Customers AcademicHealth & Pharma Life Science Research

Live Demonstration Workflow Discussion IQbase demonstration

How Do You Work? Does everyone follow the same procedures? Let’s look at a common workflow

Image Database Workflow Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Capture Images  IQcapture  Image-Pro Plus  3 rd Party Devices

Archive Images & Data Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Archive Images & Data Drag & Drop Image, Calibration and Measurements from IPP

Review Images & Data Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Review Images & Data Categorize Add Meta Data Annotate & Compare Measure

Search for Images & Data Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Search for Images & Data Context-sensitive Search Saved Searches Inside MS Office Documents

Export Images & Data Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Export Images & Data Create Custom PDF Reports Send Images & Data to Excel & PowerPoint

Share Images & Data Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

Share Images & Data Search & Query View Images via the Web Secure Images with Access Control

IQbrowser Search and Download

How Do You Work? What is your workflow?

Live Demonstration

Image Database Workflow Capture Archive Review Search Export Share

IQbase Deployment Scenario Small Workgroup License

Things to Consider for Image Management Why do you need an image management system? Who will be using this system? Who will support this system? How do you define your desired workflow? Refer to your handout

Let’s Eat! Thank you for attending.

HEADQUARTERS Media Cybernetics, Inc Georgia Avenue, Suite 200 Silver Spring, MD USA Phone: Fax: Web: Teresa Shaw Denise Chambers Kathy Hrach