WinDENDRO is offered only as a complete software system. Its hardware components range from low-cost (but accurate) models to faster and more accurate high-end models. WinDENDRO is offered alone as a complete software system. Its hardware components range from low-cost (but accurate) models to faster and more accurate high-end models. The software, meanwhile, is offered in four versions that differ in functionality and cost.

Compared to manual measuring systems, WinDENDRO offers several advantages. Increased productivity, operator comfort, image archiving with or without analysis, a working method that encourages and facilitates checks (such as comparison with the master series during measurements), and simple commands for advancing and rewinding the length of a sample being analyzed (without mechanical delays or backlash).

Since its introduction, WinDENDRO has been regularly updated (at least once a year) to keep up with technological advances in image acquisition hardware (scanners and digital cameras), computers, operating systems, and image analysis. It has also evolved based on feedback from its large base of experienced users. It is a mature and robust system that has been tested in several laboratories around the world, as can be seen in the hundreds of publications produced with it (some are listed on our References page).

The optical scanner can be shared with other REGENT applications:

• WinRHIZO for root measurement
• WinFOLIA for leaf analysis
• WinSEEDLE for seed and needle analysis

Other applications such as document scanning, optical character recognition and remote sensing.