For every dish or plate analyzed, ColCount displays the image and highlights all detected colonies on the image by red markers. An area of the image can be selected for closer inspection (Zoom window).

ColCount calculates and presents in histogram format a set of unique cell characterisation statistics, including Colony Radius, Colony Density, Nearest Neighbour Distance and more. Colony Statistics can be stored and exported in Excel-compatible (tab-delimited) text format.

ColCount supports cell culture plastic ware in common use, including Petri dishes, flasks and 6-well plates. For 6-well plates the software includes an Auto-Count feature to automatically analyse all wells on the image.

The software includes a simple spreadsheet, which saves thei colony count and other important data for every dish or plate/well counted. Data is stored as tab-delimited text for maximum Excel compatibility.

The sensitivity of colony detection is controlled from the Cell Preset panel and includes an ability to include or exclude colonies based on colony size and optical density. Parameters can be stored for re-use in future experiments. ColCount achieves outstanding counting proportionality by objective and consistent application of these user-defined settings.

The user is provided with flexible controls over the automated storage of the colony statistics as well as the images of colony plates or dishes (including a format that allows future off-line re-analysis).