FAQs

1. What is the difference between Minerva Story and Minerva Author?

Minerva Author is the annotation tool that helps users create stories about data from large image files. Minerva Story is the web browser that allows the user to share their story so that viewers can visualize it.

2. What image formats are supported by Minerva?

Any image (single-channel, multi-channel, fluorescence, bright-field, etc.) in 16-bit or 8-bit OME-TIFF or SVS format is supported for import into Minerva. For segmentation masks, Minerva Author also supports the import of 32-bit TIFF or OME-TIFF files.

3. I'm not a programmer. Can I create a Minerva Story?

Yes! We have developed Minerva Author as a user friendly program to allow you to easily create stories in a couple of hours.

4. Does Minerva work for whole slide images?

Yes.

5. Does Minerva work for tissue microarrays (TMAs)?

Yes.

6. Does Minerva work for 3D images?

Yes.

7. Is Minerva open-access?

Yes.

8. Is Minerva open-source?

Yes.

9. Where can I store my images?

We recommend a cloud based storage space such as Amazon Web Services S3.

10. I am interested in developing Minerva. Who do I contact?

Contact PI: Peter Sorger, PhD [email protected]