Image Tool Overview
The Image Tool is used to display a variable containing image data. The variable can be a 2D array containing 8-bit image data or a 3D variable containing 24-bit RGB image data.
note | The 3D variable must be a byte array or an image with one of the three dimensions equal to 3. Avoid using the PV-WAVE DEVICE command at the WAVE> command line when VDA Tools are running. |
Advanced Image Processing
The Image Tool contains dozens of functions for performing advanced image processing.
These functions allow scientists and engineers to alter or process digital images, including: point operations, filtering, and image transforms.
The Image tool also incorporates functions used extensively in the fields of computer vision and pattern recognition, including: segmentation, classification, and difference analysis.
General Image Tool Features
The Image Tool offers additional options for enhancing the appearance of images including:
annotation using text and graphical objects brightness and contrast adjustments for shading color table mapping There are also several options for enhanced viewing of the image, such as:
zooming the image in or out magnifying a selected area of the image 2D profiling of the image intensity between two chosen endpoints, or along a vertical or horizontal slice Using Online Help
The online Help system for this VDA Tool contains:
Reference material on the menus, button bar, and controls area of the Image Tool window. To access this information, click on the links in the Image Tool Contents topic. Task-oriented information. To access this information, click on the How To link in the Image Tool Contents topic. Context-sensitive reference material on dialog boxes. To access this information, click the Help button in any dialog box. note | Don’t forget to check the message area at the bottom of the Image Tool window. The message area displays helpful information about whatever task you are performing. |
