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Analyze ->Threshold

soz
Hi all,
When I use the threshold command and set a lower and upper levels, the image
turns to a binary image, and in the measure results the min and max values
do not represent the thresholds I set (although I set it  in the measurement
options).
In earlier versions of ImageJ it used to work differently...
Did I missed something? An update?
Mainly, what I want to do is(and used to do) very simple - threshold an
image or an ROI within an image and then measure only the remaining pixels
(min, max, intden, stdv, mean etc.)
Please advise.

Thx
Saar Oz
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Re: Analyze ->Threshold

Theresa Swayne
Hi Saar,

In the Threshold window, *don't* click Apply. Then the original pixel  
values will be retained.
You also have to check "Limit to Threshold" in Analyze > Set  
Measurements.

Another way to do it, where you don't have to keep the threshold  
window open, is to set the threshold values, then Edit > Selection >  
Create Selection and all the pixels within the threshold will become  
an ROI.

To measure thresholded pixels within another ROI, add your other ROI  
and the "create selection" ROI to the ROI Manager. Then select both  
and More >> AND them.

Hope this helps.
Theresa

On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Saar Oz wrote:

> When I use the threshold command and set a lower and upper levels,  
> the image
> turns to a binary image, and in the measure results the min and max  
> values
> do not represent the thresholds I set (although I set it  in the  
> measurement
> options).
> In earlier versions of ImageJ it used to work differently...
> Did I missed something? An update?
> Mainly, what I want to do is(and used to do) very simple - threshold  
> an
> image or an ROI within an image and then measure only the remaining  
> pixels
> (min, max, intden, stdv, mean etc.)

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