Image-based research and development aim at exploiting the wealth of information contained in biomedical image data. While recent progress has dramatically facilitated the generation of large amounts of images, both the interpretation of the images and of the resulting data poses challenges. Traditionally, these challenges have been addressed separately with automated image analysis and data mining, respectively. Automated image analysis replaces or complements subjective visual assessment with consistent, quantitative readouts. The resulting numerical data is subsequently evaluated statistically to identify new hypotheses and verify conclusions.

At Definiens, we embrace this approach but challenge its sequential order. Drawing the right conclusions from images in research and development requires attention to subtle details, overview of very large data sets and, importantly, seamless transitions between the two. While image analysis can certainly capture subtle details and data mining provides an overview, often enough only data mining reveals the details worth paying attention to.

Definiens Image Miner™ supports seamless transitions between image analysis and data mining by providing interactive links between original images, image annotations and statistics. Novel hypotheses can thus be related to the image data they emerge from with no more than a few mouse-clicks. A product demo will emphasize that the resulting straightforward navigation through complex data sets substantially facilitates data review, quality control and validation of assays throughout the life sciences to reduce development costs and study times. The correlation of image analysis results with data from external sources provides a basis for the identification of novel diagnostics and biomarker tests using machine learning techniques as will be discussed using an image-based Her2 biomarker analysis as an example.

Webinar title: Integrating Data Mining with Image Analysis: Definiens Image Miner™ 2
Date: July 11, 2012
Time: 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 5pm CEST

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Also visit examples illustrating how Definiens Image Miner™ supports biomarker development or high content screening.

The first four recordings from plenary lectures at the 3rd International Definiens Symposium in Munich, June 14-16 2012, are now available on the Definiens TV channel. Recapitulate the presentations held by

• Gerald Schmauss (BioOptics Facility, IMP Vienna)
• Tom Nifong (Metamark, see below)
• Lorcan Sherry (OracleBio)
• Mark Lloyd (Moffitt Cancer Center) and
• Arno Schäpe (Definiens)

Additional recordings will be added shortly.

The recordings of this weeks joint webinar with Aperio are now available on the newly launched Definiens TV channel.

Visit www.definiens.com/about-definiens/resource-center/definiens-tv.html.

New Definiens Image Miner^TM 2 tightly integrates data mining with image analysis to streamline the knowledge-generation process

Munich, Germany, June 21, 2012 — Definiens^®, the leading provider of image analysis and data mining solutions for quantitative digital pathology, today announced the release of Definiens Image Miner™ 2. The new product provides researchers in the life sciences with deeper insights into underlying biology by integrating image with data analysis. Image Miner 2 makes the wealth of information in biomedical images accessible, accelerating life sciences research and allowing for successful biomarker development. Read More…

Definiens thanks all participants of the 3rd International Definiens Symposium last week in Munich for inspiring presentations, fruitful discussions and the stimulating atmosphere. We enjoyed meeting you and exchanging ideas during plenary sessions, workshops, coffee breaks and the evening events.

We will shortly publish additional images and recordings from the presentations.

Thanks for joining us in Munich!

Learn how Aperio ePathology and Definiens can be utilized for quantitative assessment of tissues in preclinical safety studies. Solutions for measuring stain intensity, quantifying morphological features of cell and cellular structures, describing spatial relationships, and mining and reporting data will be presented.

Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Time: 7 am PDT / 10am EDT / 5pm CEST

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Definiens launches free TV channel with recent webinars, a corporate video and recordings from the 2011 Definiens Symposium.

Visit http://www.definiens.com/about-definiens/resource-center/definiens-tv.html to get access to Definiens’ latest videos.