<s>
Image	B-Application
SXM	I-Application
is	O
an	O
image	O
analysis	O
software	O
specialized	O
in	O
scanning	O
microscope	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
public	B-Application
domain	I-Application
software	I-Application
NIH	B-Language
Image	I-Language
(	O
now	O
ImageJ	B-Language
from	O
the	O
National	O
Institutes	O
of	O
Health	O
)	O
and	O
extended	O
to	O
handle	O
scanning	O
microscope	O
images	O
,	O
especially	O
of	O
the	O
SxM	O
formats	O
(	O
SAM	O
,	O
SCM	O
,	O
SEM	O
,	O
SFM	O
,	O
SLM	O
,	O
SNOM	O
,	O
SPM	O
,	O
STM	O
)	O
,	O
hence	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	B-Application
SXM	I-Application
supports	O
image	O
stacks	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
images	O
that	O
share	O
a	O
single	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
create	O
density	O
histograms	B-Algorithm
and	O
line	O
profile	O
plots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
standard	O
image	B-Algorithm
processing	I-Algorithm
functions	O
such	O
as	O
logical	O
and	O
arithmetical	O
operations	O
between	O
images	O
,	O
contrast	O
manipulation	O
,	O
convolution	B-Language
,	O
Fourier	O
analysis	O
,	O
sharpening	O
,	O
smoothing	O
,	O
edge	B-Algorithm
detection	I-Algorithm
and	O
median	B-Algorithm
filtering	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
geometric	B-Algorithm
transformations	I-Algorithm
such	O
as	O
image	B-Algorithm
scaling	I-Algorithm
,	O
rotation	O
and	O
flips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Image	B-Application
SXM	I-Application
is	O
based	O
upon	O
a	O
similar	O
freeware	O
image	O
analysis	O
program	O
known	O
as	O
NIH	B-Language
Image	I-Language
(	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Institutes	O
of	O
Health	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
running	O
pre-Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
operating	O
systems	O
)	O
,	O
now	O
become	O
ImageJ	B-Language
.	O
</s>
