ConductVision Image

Automated cell counting software

ConductVision Image counts the cells and colonies in your brightfield, fluorescence and agar plate images, and shows on your image what it counted, for you to check.

You take the images with your own microscope or camera.

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Fluorescence image of cell nuclei on a black background.Your image
The same image with a red outline and a green mark on each counted nucleus.Counted
Cell nuclei in a fluorescence image, before and after counting. Each red outline marks one counted nucleus.

What you get

  • A count for every image

    Cell count and density, with counts for each image and for the whole batch.

  • What was counted, on your image

    An overlay on your original image shows what was counted, so you can check it before you export.

  • The same settings on every image

    Lock your settings on one image and run them across a plate or a folder.

  • Export

    Export counts as CSV, plus annotated images and methods text.

Count cells in the images you already take

Stained blood smear under a brightfield microscope, with many separate red blood cells and one stained white cell.

Brightfield

Count cells in blood smears, cultures and stained tissue sections. You get the count and the density.

Cultured cells in a fluorescence image, with blue nuclei and green and red labels.

Fluorescence

Count cells labeled with DAPI, Hoechst, GFP or another single-channel marker. You pick the channel and get the count and density.

Agar plate with many blue and white bacterial colonies.

Colonies

Count colonies from an image of an agar plate, built to leave out glare, plate edges, bubbles and debris. You get the count, colony area, size distribution and locations.

Count sparse cells, crowded cells and dense cultures

  • Sparse cells

    In blood smears, bacteria and yeast, you get the count and the location of each cell.

  • Crowded cells

    In histology and fluorescence images, you get an outline of each cell, so the count comes with its shape.

  • Dense cultures

    In high-density cultures and tissue sections, you get a density map and the count it adds up to.

See how each kind of image is counted

From your image to a count

  1. Upload

    Load TIFF, PNG, JPEG or BMP files, or microscope files such as ND2, CZI and LIF.

  2. Set what counts

    Choose the channel for a fluorescence image, and set the size range of what you want counted.

  3. Check

    Review the overlay on one image. Change the settings and recount if you need to.

  4. Run the batch

    Apply your settings to the plate or folder and download the results.

Counting on a hemocytometer?

Our free calculator turns your square counts into cells/mL, total cells and viability.

Open the hemocytometer calculator

ConductVision Image pricing

A license costs $1,990 per year or $3,990 for five years. Each license includes 5 seats, unlimited analysis, and cell and colony counting.

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Questions

Is this a cell counting machine?
No. ConductVision Image is software that counts from images you upload from your own microscope or camera, so there is no counting instrument to buy.
Which images can it count?
It counts brightfield, fluorescence and phase contrast images, and images of agar plates. You can use the microscope or imager your lab already has.
Can it count a whole 96-well plate?
Yes, from your images of the plate. Set the counting rules on one image, then run them across the full plate in one batch. The export lists a count for each image and for the whole plate.
Can it count live and dead cells?
Yes. It counts live and dead cells in dual-fluorescence images and works out percent viability.
How do I get CFU/mL from a plate?
Multiply the exported colony count by the dilution factor, then divide by the volume plated in mL.

More cell measurements

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