Matrix2png

The correct title of this article is matrix2png. The initial letter is capitalized due to technical restrictions.

matrix2png is a simple but powerful program for making visualizations of microarray data and many other data types. It generates PNG formatted images from text files of data. It is fast, easy to use, and reasonably flexible. It can be used to generate publication-quality images, or to act as a image generator for web applications. It is useful for imaging all kinds of matrix-based data, not just microarray data. Matrix2png is open source.

Reference

• Pavlidis P, Noble WS (2003). Matrix2png: A Utility for Visualizing Matrix Data. Bioinformatics, 19:295-296.

External links

• Official site
• Web interface to matrix2png
• ColorBrewer — colour schemes used in matrix2png