There is a plugin called "StackReg" that will do just what you want.
There are two parts, StackReg and TurboReg. You can find them on
the plugins page of the web site.
Joel
> I have series of single tiff images of histological sections of an
> organ. They need to be aligned requiring translation and rotation,
> and maybe morphing, with the goal of getting a 3D rendering that would
> allow to follow one structure in space, over several sections. This
> seems to be a general enough problem for someone to have figured an
> easier way to do. Right now I align images one by one in Photoshop
> manually then import them in ImageJ and use Volume J for rendering.
> Is there a faster way to align? Is there a way to preserve color?
>
> Thank you all for the very many things I learned on this list and
> Wayne and all plugins writers for their contributions!
>
> Anda
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> Anda Cornea Ph.D.
> Head of the Imaging and Morphology Core
> Oregon National Primate Research Center
> Oregon Health & Science University
> (503) 690-5293
Joel B. Sheffield, Ph.D.
Biology Department, Temple University
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