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StomaVision

A closer look at the leaf.

Stomata analysis, reviewed measurements, and an exploratory Leaf World. On iPhone and iPad.

01 A living surface

Small opening.
A world beneath.

Explore a field of stomata, then follow one pore into the tissue below. See how pressure changes its shape, and why opening matters for exchange.

Eudicot epidermisEducational model
Explore the specimen
Intermediate
A continuous epidermis.

Interlocking pavement cells surround the stomata. Each pore is an opening through the leaf’s outer surface.

A synthetic eudicot specimen, informed by guard-cell research. Pressure and environmental responses are relative teaching examples, with accelerated transitions—not calibrated predictions. This web study is separate from image analysis and the app’s Leaf World.

About the model

Guard-cell pressure works against structured cell walls and surrounding tissue. Changing a condition changes the opening, not the anatomy. The section reveals schematic cell walls, peripheral cytoplasm and vacuolar space. Exchange is visible across every stoma by default: CO2 enters and water vapour leaves in this illuminated C3 example. The symbols show net diffusion directions, not individual molecules or rates. A finite pore and spreading at its entrances add diffusion resistance; pore area alone does not predict carbon uptake or water loss. The daylight illustration is suppressed near darkness; respiration and residual water loss are not shown.

Mechanics: Carter et al., 2017 · Woolfenden et al., 2017. Environmental responses: Kinoshita & Shimazaki, 1999 · Hu et al., 2010 · Merilo et al., 2018. Diffusion: Kaiser, 2009 · Assouline & Or, 2013. Cell structure: Keynia et al., 2023 · Mirasole et al., 2023.

02 Image to result

Detection is the start.
Review is part of the work.

Import a microscope image and run on-device segmentation. Inspect the overlays, refine individual detections, and calibrate the image before reporting physical measurements.

  1. 01

    Bring in the image.

    Open a photo or file, or use the camera where available.

  2. 02

    Inspect each instance.

    Review outlines and measurements. Adjust, exclude, or add measurement geometry.

  3. 03

    Set the scale.

    Calibrate pixels to physical units with a known reference.

Measurements begin in source-image pixels. Calibration adds physical units; reviewing a measurement does not rewrite the original model mask.

03 Leaf World

Explore the anatomy.
Change the conditions.

Leaf World is the app’s exploratory anatomy laboratory. Move between leaf surfaces, tissue sections, and immersive views of a synthetic leaf.

Form
Broadleaf and grass-blade anatomy, with upper and lower surfaces.
View
Optical views, sections, and an immersive microscopic scene.
Conditions
Explore opening responses to light, CO2, water stress, and other scenario settings.

An exploratory model for learning and inspection. Leaf World is not a measurement-validated tissue simulator.

StomaVision Leaf World showing an illustrative leaf surface.
Leaf World in StomaVision

A synthetic broadleaf surface in the app’s immersive view.

04 Your work

Keep the image.
Take the measurements.

Review one image or work through a batch. Keep the source, overlays, and tables together, then share the files through your device’s own tools.

A complete analysis package.

Single-image exports include CSV instance tables, JSON summaries, the image, masks, and overlays, packaged for sharing.

Processing stays local.

Analysis runs on the device. No cloud inference or account is required. You choose when to export or share your work.

iPhone & iPad

StomaVision.

Stomata analysis, on your device.

Download StomaVision on the App Store