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SPIPTM (Scanning Probe Image Processor) is a software package used for nano- and microscale image processing. It is developed and distributed by Image Metrology A/S.

Presentation
SPIPTM (Scanning Probe Image Processor) is a software package used for nano- and microscale image processing. It covers tools for data correction, calibration, analysis, visualization and reporting. It is able to read data from a wide number of instruments including STM, AFM, profilometers, SEM, interference microscopes and optical microscopes. The povider is Image Metrology A/S.

Technology
SPIPTM is written for Microsoft Windows platforms.

History
SPIPTM was originally developed in an industrial PhD project of Jan Friis Jørgensen in 1990-1993 in cooperation with IBM Denmark, IBM Zürich Research Laboratory and DTU and Danish Fundamental Metrology ltd.. The focus was on calibration and correction method to get SPM images as correct as possible. At that time the software was based on the IBM IAX (unix) platform.

In 1995 Jan Friis Jørgensen continued as a Post Doc. the work on SPIPTM at National Institute of Technology (NIST). SPIPTM was now build for more Unix platforms (AIX, HP, SUN, Silicon Graphics) and was distributed to other SPM users as freeware.

In 1996-1998 SPIPTM was in cooperation with the Danish Institute of Fundamental Metrology ported to the Microsoft Windows 95 platform, which was now able to handle larger data arrays and thereby more suitable for image processing.

In 1998 it was found that the demand for a commercial version of SPIPTM was big enough to justify a commecialization. Thus, Image Metrology, A/S was founded by Jan Friis Jørgensen in december 1998 with the objective to commercialize SPIPTM and continue the development.

In 2008 SPIPTM has been distrubuted to high-tech companies and researchers in more than 40 countries.

Download
A trial version of SPIPTM can be downloaded, Download

Articles and references
Scientific papers refering to SPIPTM can be found here.