Book Image

Image Processing with ImageJ - Second Edition

Book Image

Image Processing with ImageJ - Second Edition

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 6. Developing Macros in ImageJ

In this chapter, we will take a look at ways to automate our image processing to allow for faster and more efficient processing. The processing we did earlier was adequate, but time consuming. When dealing with very large stacks or time series, or with many individual files, the processing we performed was good but inefficient. We will look at macros in ImageJ and understand how they will help us with the processing. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • Recording and running macros

  • Modifying macros

  • User input in macros

  • Progress in macros

  • Running macros in batch mode

  • Installing macros