When
choosing an image processing solution — be
it state of the art, state of the "shelf", or totally custom —
here's what Mirametrics brings to the table:
- Expertise in various areas of science, image processing, and emerging technologies.
- An expert understanding of sensors, image formation, and data reduction.
- A deep understanding of workflow, productivity, and user interface issues.
- Intellectual property consisting of significantly more than a million lines of code.
There are many
scientists in academia and the private sector who create cutting-edge algorithms for image
processing and analysis. So does Mirametrics. But how are conceptual
needs and software solutions woven into
a human-usable product? Where Mirametrics excels is in implementing the best
algorithms and techniques, many unique, within a software environment tuned to the
user's mindset. We believe software should work like an extension of the
customer's mind and hand. So we put enormous effort into understanding and
implementing workflow patterns and customer needs in order to create
software that gives both a minimal learning curve and an optimal
progression from "need" to "know". Our user
interfaces don't look nearly as cluttered as competitive
products, but the same tools, and more, are easily available when you need them. Customer List
Mira was born in July 1988. Even the earliest Mira, version 1, gave smooth, real-time,
mouse-operated palette stretching for 2k x 2k images using a consumer-grade video card on a 486-33 computer — something
completely unheard of at the time. As early as 1992, Mira users were
displaying and processing 250 MB image files on 486 PC's using a fast,
32-bit windowed, graphical user interface we created from scratch. This was
well before Microsoft released the first of its modern 32-bit windowed GUI-based
operating systems, Windows 95.
In 1994, Mira users were working with reconnaissance images 250MB and
larger, enjoying smooth, real time image scrolling and contrast/brightness
adjustments on 486 class PC's with commodity video cards.Since the start, the Mira™ product
line has continued to innovate new processing algorithms,
new ways of looking at things, and better user interface designs. And
Mira continues to lead in raw performance.
Our software is used across a
spectrum of technical applications in astronomy & space
sciences, radiography, medical physics,
nanotechnology, and other emerging
technologies. Our experience developing solutions for a diverse mix
of specialties has provided a rich cross-fertilization of ideas and
has created a broad competency, giving Mirametrics a unique ability
to create imaging solutions that excel in their target applications.
In both off-the-shelf and custom
applications, Mirametrics solutions embody a unique blend of
mathematical and algorithmic expertise,
optimized work-flow, and superior user interface design.
Mira users often ask us, "How many lines of code in Mira?" The quick answer
is "A lot!" But here's a nice visualization: Mira consists of code
Mirametrics has written in-house plus several libraries and licensed
components. If we were to list the source code in Mira Pro x64 written only by Mirametrics,
at 5
lines per inch with no text wrapping, on normal weight 8.5x11 inch paper,
Mira's source code listing would be a stack of paper 12
feet tall.