A quick visual inspection determines if the data are suitable for further study. In further analysis, Dr. Behling uses many of PV-WAVE's graphics and analysis features. For example, color tables are interactively manipulated to bring out hidden details in the images. Regions of interest are selected for more detailed statistical analysis. Using various PV-WAVE analysis functions, like FFTs and curve fits, custom procedures are developed to assess diffusion rate constants in the tissues.
Contour plots provide a closer look at relative scales and intensities in the images.
And finally, binary files and hard-copy output to TIFF and Postscript formats help to share findings with colleagues and professional publications. Flexibility is important in Dr. Behling's work because an analysis or visualization technique appropriate for one type of data may be completely unsuitable for another. This is absolutely vital for successful data analysis. I process the data as I wish, visualize them quickly, search for interesting regions, analyze those regions and do further analysis based on those results. Because of the ease of visualization and analysis, I can analyze data quickly and do analyses that would otherwise be quite difficult to perform.