3D Mathematical Morphology
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3D Mathematical Morphology
Various algorithms for 3D Mathematical Morphology, as part of the 3D ImageJ Suite.
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Description
3D mathematical operations (erosion, dilation, ...) are available in 3D Filters using minimum and maximum filters.
A 3D Fill Holes is available, works the same way as in 2D but will not fill holes if it is not closed in the Z dimension.
A 3D Euclidean Distance Map (also called EDT) is available that takes into account the calibration of the image stack. A 3D normalized distance map (called Eroded Volume Fraction, or EVF) is also available.
Left, raw image of a lymph node ((c) J. Groom, WEHI). Right, binary thresholded image.
Left, EDT image . Right, EVF image.
In the case of labelled objects (as count masks) a Binary Close Labels is available, that permits to perform closing on individual objects, hence avoiding objects to touch during the dilation operation.
Nuclear regions ((c) J. Ollion, MNHN) : raw image, segmented labelled image, close labels image.
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For details go to the 3D ImageJ Suite.
Citation
When using the 3D Mathematical Morphology plugins for publication, please refer to :
J. Ollion, J. Cochennec, F. Loll, C. Escudé, T. Boudier. (2013) TANGO: A Generic Tool for High-throughput 3D Image Analysis for Studying Nuclear Organization. Bioinformatics 2013 Jul 15;29(14):1840-1. doi
License
GPL distribution (see license). Sources are available freely.
Changelog
- 30/03/2016 V3.74: bug fixed in EDT
