opinion about image analysis development from zero

Posted by Constantin Frangoulis on Dec 20, 2006; 11:26am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/opinion-about-image-analysis-development-from-zero-tp3700752.html

Dear Java users,

We are a team of biologist that would like to start on image analysis of plankton
(phytoplankton, microzooplankton and mesozooplankton). We know few things
about image analysis and nothing about Java. We would like to have your opinion
about a difficult choice we want to make

a)Buy a very expensive software (Image Pro Plus) with which we will have
technical support but we are afraid that could be limited for the applications we will have to
make
b) Buy expensive hardware (cameras, computer, screen etc) and use a free software that uses Java
 and is adapted to our needs but still under development (e.g. Phyto/Zooimage). In this case we are
 afraid that this will need a lot of time for us to learn and adapt.

Could you give us your opinion about this from your experience
Thank you

Best

Kosta