Manipulating ROIs to select specific particles

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Manipulating ROIs to select specific particles

Samuel BIOE
Hello, I have been trying to manipulate my ROI in order to sort particles (aligned vs non-aligned) and only work with the aligned ones. I have written a Macro but I have not been able to complete it to make it work. I would really appreciate if someone could give me some help with this! Below is my Macro code explaining what I want to do with the image. //Open image open("..."); //To measure particle number run("8-bit"); run("Convert to Mask"); run("Watershed"); run("Create Selection"); setAutoThreshold("Default"); //run("Threshold..."); setAutoThreshold("Default"); //setThreshold(129, 255); run("Convert to Mask"); setThreshold(255, 255); run("Set Measurements...", "area mean fit integrated redirect=None decimal=3"); run("Analyze Particles...", " show=Outlines exclude clear summarize"); //To select only aligned particles for (i=0; i<nResults; i++) { major = getResult("Major",i); minor = getResult("Minor",i); angle = getResult("Angle",i); area = getResult("Area",i); if (major > minor*1.5 && (angle<30||angle>150)) { print ((i+1)+": area="+area+", angle="+angle); //Displays which ones are aligned } } -------- At this point I just have a list of the particles I want to work with (aligned ones). How can I modify the Macro to make the particles in the list only to be my new ROI? e.g. If I have 20 particles total but only 7 are aligned, how can I select only those 7 particles for further manipulation (edit>selection>enlarge: x) and then measure those 7 particles only? I am new with this software and I would really appreciate some help! Thanks!