Semi-automated

A convenient tool for detecting lines! After the detection, detected lines are overlaid to the image. The plugin also stores these lines as ROIs, which could then easily be analyzed as vector information. Instead, the list of coordinates of all detected lines are placed in "contour" table. This could be used for redrawing or converting them as arrays. ## Algorithm See 2615.

## About TANGO software is an open-source software for Analysis of Nuclear Genome Organization. It is composed of an ImageJ plugin for batch processing and analysis, and a R package for statistical analysis. Reference: 2528 ## Some key features - Image import uses bioimage formats. - Construction of workflow in GUI by choosing filters / segmentation strategy for - Prefiltering - Segmentation - Postfiltering - Isolated nuclei could individually be inspected, deleted from list and subjected for detailed analysis. - Uses MCIB3D library as backend. - Basic usage is to segment nucleus, crop them to single nucleus objects, segment substructures within objects and measure their properties. - Optionally R can be connected to do detailed analysis of results. - Uses MongoDB to manage huge data set.

The FindFoci plugins allow the identification of peak intensity regions within 2D and 3D images. The algorithm is highly configurable and parameters can be optimised using reference images and then applied to multiple images using the batch mode. Details of the benefits of training an algorithm on multiple images can be found in the FindFoci paper: 2591

The Fourier transform of an image produces a representation in frequency space: i.e. separated according to spatial frequency (effectively scale). The 2D amplitude map of the different spatial frequencies is symmetrical, and is commonly displayed with low spatial frequencies (large features) in the centre, highest spatial frequencies (small features) at the edges. Fourier filtering involves suppressing or enhancing features in the Fourier domain before carrying out an inverse Fourier transform to obtain a filtered real-space image. ImageJ's _Process > FFT > Bandpass Filter_ implements two common Fourier-filtering functions: 1. filtering for specific sizes of feature in an image by selecting minimum and maximum feature sizes (selecting a radial band of frequencies in Fourier space); 2. filtering out repetitive horizontal or vertical stripes by cutting out a zero-frequency stripe in the orthogonal direction in frequency space. The example image above shows the effect of filtering for 2 feature size ranges: 0-8 pixels, and 8-256 pixels; where the former appears "flattened" or washed-out, and the latter very blurred. The small images displayed to the lower-right of each filtered image correspond to the mask applied to the Fourier transform. Such filtering can be useful prior to global thresholding, for noise suppression, etc.

The root tools help to efficiently measure the following characteristics of plant roots: the angle of the opening of the whole root the depth to which it goes down the number of roots at multiple depths (for example 30cm, 35cm, ...) the diameters of the roots at multiple depths (for example 30cm, 35cm, ...)