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Image Processing with ImageJ

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Image Processing with ImageJ

Overview of this book

Advances in image processing have been vital for the scientific and technological communities, making it possible to analyze images in greater detail than ever before. But as images become larger and more complex, advanced processing techniques are required. ImageJ is built for the modern challenges of image processing – it’s one of the key tools in its development, letting you automate basic tasks so you can focus on sophisticated, in depth analysis. This book demonstrates how to put ImageJ into practice. It outlines its key features and demonstrates how to create your own image processing applications using macros and ImageJ plugins. Once you’ve got to grips with the basics of ImageJ, you’ll then discover how to build a number of different image processing solutions. From simple tasks to advanced and automated image processing, you’ll gain confidence with this innovative and powerful tool – however and whatever you are using it for.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Image Processing with ImageJ Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
2
Basic Image Processing with ImageJ
Index

Chapter 1. Getting Started with ImageJ

Welcome to the second edition of Image Processing with ImageJ. ImageJ is a versatile and open source software package designed for scientific image processing and analysis. It is written in the Java programming language, allowing for a uniform cross-platform experience. It is based on the NIH Image software package on the Macintosh platform, developed in 1987 by Wayne Rasband. Rasband, who is still an active contributor of ImageJ, published the first ImageJ distribution in 1997. It was developed as a project to provide a solution to a problem. In 2012, ImageJ celebrated its twenty-fifth birthday with a publication in the journal Nature Methods.