<s>
SigmaScan	B-Application
Pro	O
is	O
an	O
Image	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
package	O
for	O
scientists	O
,	O
engineers	O
,	O
and	O
technicians	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
method	O
to	O
measure	O
distances	O
across	O
any	O
object	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
photographed	O
or	O
scanned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SigmaScan	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Jandel	O
Scientific	O
Software	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
SPSS	O
Inc	O
.	O
in	O
October	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2004	O
,	O
SYSTAT	B-Language
Software	O
further	O
acquired	O
the	O
exclusive	O
worldwide	O
rights	O
from	O
SPSS	O
Inc	O
.	O
Systat	B-Language
Software	O
is	O
now	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
