ZEN allows you to use certain machine learning and AI functionality, e.g. semantic segmentation and denoising (via the respective Intellesis functionality) as well as the use of AI models for instance segmentation.
The following table illustrates CPU and GPU usage for ZEN Toolkit AI, ZEN Toolkit 2D, and ZEN Toolkit Bio Applications:
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Windows 10 version 1607 (build 14393), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 |
Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 |
Windows 10 version 21H2 (build 19044), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 |
Windows 11, version 24H2 (build 26100), e.g. Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 |
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ZEN Toolkit AI |
CPU fallback for semantic segmentation and denoising. |
Additional GPU support for semantic segmentation and denoising. |
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ZEN Toolkit 2D ZEN Toolkit Bio Applications |
CPU fallback for semantic segmentation. |
Additional GPU support for semantic segmentation and instance segmentation using CPU. |
Additional GPU support for instance segmentation. |
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When using instance segmentation models trained on arivis Cloud for image segmentation in ZEN Toolkit 2D or ZEN Toolkit Bio Applications, an installation of Docker is necessary. Depending on your Windows and Docker version, the functionality can be limited to only run on CPU instead of GPU. The following tables illustrate which Docker and operating system version you need if you want to use the functionality also with GPU, and if you need to use Hyper-V or WSL.
To install Docker Desktop, you can use the ZEISS Microscopy Installer, with the exception of older Windows versions, for which you need to install an older version of Docker Desktop directly from the Docker website, see table below.
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Windows 10 version 1607 (build 14393), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016 |
Windows 10 version 1809 (build 17763), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019 |
Windows 10 version 21H2 (build 19044), e.g. Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 |
Windows 11, version 24H2 (build 26100), e.g. Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 |
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Docker version for instance segmentation |
not supported |
Version ≤ 4.24.2 |
Current version available with the ZEISS Microscopy Installer |
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WSL/Hyper-V |
not supported |
Hyper-V |
WSL 2 |
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ZEN Toolkit 2D |
No instance segmentation possible. |
Instance segmentation using CPU. |
Additional GPU support for instance segmentation. |
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ZEN Toolkit Bio Applications |
No instance segmentation possible. |
Instance segmentation using CPU. |
Additional GPU support for instance segmentation. |
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