This latest release features a Microsoft® Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) compatible scripting environment, the ability to create custom dialog boxes for controlling script execution, and interaction with other Windows® applications such as Microsoft® Excel using OLE automation. Matrox Inspector 3.0 also includes many enhancements to image capture, display, drawing, file I/O and graphing, as well as blob analysis, pattern matching, and gauging & measurement capabilities. In addition, it incorporates image calibration, FFT, polar coordinates transformation, warping and watershed tools.

Matrox Inspector is designed to meet the needs of MIL developers and end-users alike. MIL users implement this software as a companion tool to facilitate development of their machine vision, image analysis or medical imaging applications. They can quickly build proof-of-concept demonstrations for their systems, enjoying the point-and-click ease in testing their design ideas. Typical application areas include off-line industrial inspection, microscopy, medical visualization, image cataloguing and biological analysis.

Scientists, technicians and engineers, among other end-users, rely on Matrox Inspector to perform and automate image enhancement and measurement tasks. These users benefit from the software's extensive functionality, as well as statistics gathering and productivity tools. All information is easily exported to other Windows® applications for further analysis and generating reports.

Established in 1976 and headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada, Matrox Imaging is a leading designer and manufacturer of PC-based hardware and software for machine vision, image analysis and medical imaging. Products include standard frame grabbers, real-time vision processors, integrated imaging platforms and device-independent development software. Specifically designed to decrease development time and costs, Matrox Imaging technology is used by OEMs and integrators in factor automation, process control, electronic and pharmaceutical packaging, semiconductor inspection, robotics, radiology and microscopy.