EMU: reconfigurable graphical user interfaces for Micro-Manager.
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| Title: | EMU: reconfigurable graphical user interfaces for Micro-Manager. |
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| Authors: | Deschamps J; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany. joran.deschamps@embl.de., Ries J; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany. |
| Source: | BMC bioinformatics [BMC Bioinformatics] 2020 Oct 15; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 456. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 15. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100965194 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2105 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712105 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Bioinformatics Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: [London] : BioMed Central, 2000- |
| MeSH Terms: | Software* , User-Computer Interface*, Microscopy |
| Abstract: | Background: Advanced light microscopy methods are key to many biological studies. Their ease of use depends, besides experimental aspects, on intuitive graphical user interfaces (GUI). The open-source software Micro-Manager offers a universal GUI for microscope control but requires implementing plugins to further tailor it to specific systems. However, GUIs are often tailored to a single system. Since even similar devices can have different Micro-Manager device properties, such as power percentage versus absolute power, directly transferring a GUI to another instrument usually requires changing the source-code. Results: We developed Easier Micro-Manager User interface (EMU), a Micro-Manager plugin, to simplify building flexible and reconfigurable GUIs. EMU can be seamlessly used with the Java Swing library to create device-independent GUIs for Micro-Manager. Such GUIs are easily transferred to another microscope thanks to an intuitive configuration menu that includes mapping of the device properties to the GUI functionalities and customization of the graphical elements. We also provide resources such as user and programming guides, a tutorial and code examples. Conclusions: Micro-Manager users now have a powerful tool to improve the user experience on their instruments. EMU GUIs can be easily configured for new microscopes and shared with other research groups. In the future, newly developed GUIs will be added to EMU to benefit the whole community. |
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| Grant Information: | U01 EB021223 United States EB NIBIB NIH HHS; CoG-724489 International ERC_ European Research Council |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: GUI; Micro-Manager; Microscopy; User interface |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20201016 Date Completed: 20201106 Latest Revision: 20240429 |
| Update Code: | 20250114 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC7559757 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12859-020-03727-8 |
| PMID: | 33059591 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Background: Advanced light microscopy methods are key to many biological studies. Their ease of use depends, besides experimental aspects, on intuitive graphical user interfaces (GUI). The open-source software Micro-Manager offers a universal GUI for microscope control but requires implementing plugins to further tailor it to specific systems. However, GUIs are often tailored to a single system. Since even similar devices can have different Micro-Manager device properties, such as power percentage versus absolute power, directly transferring a GUI to another instrument usually requires changing the source-code.<br />Results: We developed Easier Micro-Manager User interface (EMU), a Micro-Manager plugin, to simplify building flexible and reconfigurable GUIs. EMU can be seamlessly used with the Java Swing library to create device-independent GUIs for Micro-Manager. Such GUIs are easily transferred to another microscope thanks to an intuitive configuration menu that includes mapping of the device properties to the GUI functionalities and customization of the graphical elements. We also provide resources such as user and programming guides, a tutorial and code examples.<br />Conclusions: Micro-Manager users now have a powerful tool to improve the user experience on their instruments. EMU GUIs can be easily configured for new microscopes and shared with other research groups. In the future, newly developed GUIs will be added to EMU to benefit the whole community. |
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| ISSN: | 1471-2105 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12859-020-03727-8 |