Koada Technology Releases Koadarray, Software for Automated Analysis of Microarray Images
Koada Technology today announced the release of V2.4 of Koadarray, its unique software for automated analysis and quantification of array images.
(PRWEB) February 14, 2005 -- Koada Technology today announced the release of
V2.4 of Koadarray, its unique software for automated analysis and quantification
of array images.
“Koadarray represents a significant step forward in
fully automated microarray image analysis.” said Roland Howe, founder of Koada
Technology, “For the first time the vast majority of microarray images can be
analysed reliably and consistently without any user intervention. Other programs
claim this, but unlike Koadarray they really don’t deliver with real-world
images. Another critical difference is that in the few poor quality images where
Koadarray is unable to find all the spots, it is consistently able to recognise
this and warn the user.”
Koadarray key advantages:
* Fully automatic
spot finding - no need to define spot or grid dimensions.
* Sophisticated
spot quantification - with artefact removal and accurate background
subtraction.
* Reliable spot confidence index - visualised on-screen by spot
circle colour.
* Unattended multiple image analyses - just select a list of
files and walk away.
* Extremely easy to use - to analyse an image just set
the number of spots and blocks and click one button.
* Configurable text data
output - including spot and array quality parameters and spot/gene
IDs.
Roland Howe also pointed out “Eliminating user intervention is not
just a matter of saving time and effort, it is also critical for producing
unbiased and objective data. If users have to make decisions about spot quality
or data inclusion then the overall data output can vary between users and from
day to day.”
Koadarray V2.4 contains a number of improvements, the most
notable of which is that the confidence index for each spot is now represented
on-screen by the colour of the circle around the spot. The colour varies from
red (low confidence) to blue (high confidence), giving the user immediate
feedback about the quality of the array.
“The unique Koadarray confidence
index already provided users with an objective value that really represents the
confidence level that they would intuitively allocate to spots” continued Roland
Howe “and now these can be visualised across the whole array at a
glance.”
Further information and free download of a 30-day evaluation
version of Koadarray can be found at http://www.koadarray.com/.
Koada Technology is also
pleased to be working closely with Improved Outcomes Software (IOS), provider of
award-winning Gene Expression and Proteomics Analysis Software products. IOS
have recently added data import scripts to handle Koadarray ratio and two-color
data in Version 4.6 of their GeneLinker Gold and Platinum products. More details
can be found at http://www.improvedoutcomes.com/. IOS and Koada Technology
will also soon be announcing details of co-marketing discount offers on
GeneLinker and Koadarray.
For more information please contact Koada
Technology on:
+44 (0)1786 870473
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www.koada.com
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