on-chip integration with Scion frame-grabber

[Martin Wessendorf-2]

Hey, folks--

Back in the Dark Ages of 10 or 12 years ago, we bought a Cohu 4915 CCD
camera that we controlled using a board from Scion Imaging and their
variant of NIH Image.  One of the beauties of the system was that using
Scion's variation of NIH Image, you didn't need a camera controller to
control integration--you could set it, on-the-fly, inside NIH Image.
The integrated image continually refreshed and you could change the
number of frames integrated by clicking on the top or the bottom of the
window.  You could also set it to capture a set of integrated windows
into a stack, which then could be averaged or otherwise manipulated.

We just bought a new computer, a new Scion FG-7 frame-grabber but still
have the same camera.  We would like to do the same things we've been
doing, using ImageJ.  Are the two programs (i.e. NIH Image and ImageJ)
similar enough that it might be possible to implement these
features in ImageJ (i.e. continual refreshing of integrated images,
on-the-fly changes to the number of frames integrated and collection of
integrated images to a stack)?  Scion has a variant of ImageJ that it
distributes but I've not been able to make it do any of these things.
It'd be helpful to know whether they're even possible.

Comments/suggestions welcome!

Thanks--

Martin Wessendorf
--
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Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience                 lab: [phone]
University of Minnesota             Preferred FAX: [phone]
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Minneapolis, MN  55455
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[Martin Wessendorf-2]

Dear List--

I didn't get much response to the message below, but members of the List
may want to know that Scion Corp has subsequently made several useful
modifications to their ImageJ plug-in.  It's now possible to control
integration on-the-fly.

This plug-in isn't available on the Scion site but anyone interested in
getting it should contact Thomas Morton at Scion: [hidden email] .

No commercial interest.

Martin

Martin Wessendorf wrote:

> Hey, folks--
>
> Back in the Dark Ages of 10 or 12 years ago, we bought a Cohu 4915 CCD
> camera that we controlled using a board from Scion Imaging and their
> variant of NIH Image.  One of the beauties of the system was that using
> Scion's variation of NIH Image, you didn't need a camera controller to
> control integration--you could set it, on-the-fly, inside NIH Image.
> The integrated image continually refreshed and you could change the
> number of frames integrated by clicking on the top or the bottom of the
> window.  You could also set it to capture a set of integrated windows
> into a stack, which then could be averaged or otherwise manipulated.
>
> We just bought a new computer, a new Scion FG-7 frame-grabber but still
> have the same camera.  We would like to do the same things we've been
> doing, using ImageJ.  Are the two programs (i.e. NIH Image and ImageJ)
> similar enough that it might be possible to implement these
> features in ImageJ (i.e. continual refreshing of integrated images,
> on-the-fly changes to the number of frames integrated and collection of
> integrated images to a stack)?  Scion has a variant of ImageJ that it
> distributes but I've not been able to make it do any of these things.
> It'd be helpful to know whether they're even possible.
>
> Comments/suggestions welcome!
>
> Thanks--
>
> Martin Wessendorf

--
Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D.                   office: [phone]
Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience                 lab: [phone]
University of Minnesota             Preferred FAX: [phone]
6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE    Dept Fax: [phone]
Minneapolis, MN  55455
**MY E-MAIL ADDRESS HAS CHANGED.  PLEASE USE [hidden email] **