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Ryan’s MFP-3D Procedural Operation ‘Manualette’ Version 10 (v080501; Igor 6.04A); 12.1
This Section discusses how to perform basic image
analysis on stored MFP-3D image (.ibw) files. It is
presented based on how the author goes about
processing image files. Keep in mind, there are not
necessarily hard and fast rules / sequences
regarding image processing, it depends on the data,
and can be a trial and error process. For this reason,
the processing techniques are broken into sections,
and some examples given.
12.1: Opening Stored images:
Click on the ‘Browse’ button on the Main tab of
the Master panel; the ARPath dialogue will appear
asking where to retrieve the file from (Figure 12.1A).
▪ During image loading, a progress meter will
appear (Figure 12.1B), and concomitant smart -
mouthed comment (Figure 12.1C).
• Once the images have loaded, the Browse window
(containing thumbnails of the images/ data; Figure
12.1.1), and the List Panel (contains just the files
names; Figure 12.1.2) will appear.
Section Topic Page
12.1 Opening Stored Images 12.1
12.1.1 Browse Panel 12.2
12.1.2 List Panel 12.3
12.1.3 Display Window 12.3
12.1.4 AR thumbnail Viewer 12.5
12.2 The Modify Panel 12.5
12.2.1 Flatten tab 12.6
12.2.2 Planefit tab 12.7
12.2.3 Mask tab 12.8
12.2.4 Erase tab 12.12
12.2.5 Filter tab 12.13
12.2.6 FFT tab 12.14
12.2.7 History tab 12.15
12.3 Saving Modifications 12.15
12.4 Misc. Operations 12.15
12.4.1 Extracting Layers 12.15
12.4.2 Inserting Layers 12.16
12.4.3 Subtracting Images 12.17
12.4.4 Rotating Images 12.18
12.4.5 Cropping Images 12.19
12.5 The Analyze Panel 12.20
12.5.1 Roughness tab 12.20
12.5.2 Section (Analysis) tab 12.22
12.5.3 Histogram tab 12.26
12.6 Particle Analysis 12.27
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B
C
Figure 12.1: Opening stored images: A) Select where stored files are with the ARPathDialogue; B) the progress meter counts
down the file loading time; C) concomitant silly message when loading large folders of data.