MMI ShapeImport data import software: import third-party contours and annotations into CellTools. Authorized distributor in China: Oriental Horizon Technology Co Ltd (Beijing).

Introduction

ShapeImport is the data import software from MMI (Germany) that transfers contours and annotations created in third-party applications into CellTools. It supports spatial multi-omics workflows in which regions are annotated remotely and subsequently cut on the instrument.

Figure. ShapeImport transfers third-party contours and annotations into CellTools.

Role in the workflow

• External contours or remote annotations are imported into CellTools with ShapeImport and then cut with CellCut on the same instrument.

• CellScan whole-slide images are stored in the open BigTIFF format, which supports remote viewing and annotation; the resulting contours can be returned to CellTools through ShapeImport.

• ShapeImport and the CellDetector automated target recognition software serve different purposes: CellDetector recognizes targets automatically on the instrument, whereas ShapeImport imports contours that were defined elsewhere.

Typical applications

• Spatial multi-omics studies in which target regions are annotated outside the instrument before laser microdissection.

• Research projects that need to bring third-party contours or annotations into CellTools.

• Workflows combining CellScan panoramic scanning and CellCut laser microdissection.

For research use only.