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> Hi there,
>
> I hope it's not to boring, I'm still working on file metadata (stk and nd
> folders as ganerated by Metamorph).
> This time i open my files with the LOCI plugin and ask for the metadata
> depicted in the result table...In my case I would have been happy to get the
> Results table and not the "Original Metada - filename"...with the Results
> table I would have been able to extract whatever info to a custom table.
>
> So i tried to rename the Original-Metadta- table to Results, but this
> doesn't work in my hands...
>
> Any clue ?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Fabrice.
>
>
> 2010/8/27 Vinay Singh <
[hidden email]>
>
> Hi all,
>> I use Metamorph too and have data sets up to 20gb and find it
>> Difficult to find time stamps specially after making a maximum projection
>> of the z stacks. Would love to know how you are using loci plugin to get the
>> time stamp! I am not familiar with programing but I do have the loci plugin
>> installed would love a fix I could apply without having to write codes
>> Thanks
>> Vinay
>>
>> Vinay Singh
>> 4315 FFSC, Duke university
>> Durham NC 27708
>> 919-6134456
>>
>> On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:05 AM, fabrice senger <
[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I had such a piece of discussion off-list with Dan White.
>> > As I work with stk files, i have access to the image creation time (this
>> is
>> > accurate even you pause the acquisition), I have access to this info
>> with
>> > the LOCI plugin and some code Melissa kindly sent me.
>> >
>> > What would be of interest is a tool like a time slider as you can get it
>> in
>> > Metamorph or in Imaris...or then : "
>> >
>> >> Are you suggesting that you would like to see the timestamp in seconds
>> >> displayed as part of the label at the top of the image window?"
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is probably a particular situation when you have to pause
>> acquisition
>> > for one or two acquisitions but in this case dynamic measurements would
>> not
>> > be accurate if based on time intervals (?!)
>> >
>> > Thank you for your reply,
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Fabrice.
>> >
>> > 2010/8/26 Curtis Rueden <
[hidden email]>
>> >
>> >> Hi Fabrice,
>> >>
>> >> as follow up to a previous mail, i just wonder why the time dimension
>> is
>> >>> always depicted as t (time frame) and not in real units as sec.
>> >>> Indeed, using the LOCI plugin it is possible to retrieve metadata from
>> >>> almost every format.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> The Bio-Formats Importer does populate the frame interval in the image
>> >> properties when that information is available. In the case of variable
>> time
>> >> between frames, we average the times and populate the frame interval
>> with
>> >> the mean (though the eventual goal is for ImageJ to support variable
>> time
>> >> frames directly). And I believe that in general, ImageJ uses the frame
>> >> interval value for the frames per second when animating—adjustable by
>> right
>> >> clicking the Play button next to the time slider.
>> >>
>> >> Thus it would be interesting to have direct acces to those parameters.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Are you suggesting that you would like to see the timestamp in seconds
>> >> displayed as part of the label at the top of the image window?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Yes this is what I think about!
>> >
>> >>
>> >> As example, if you do time-lapse and have to pause your acquisition for
>> one
>> >>> or two acquisition, you could not use the time interval, but the
>> metadata
>> >>> acqusitionTime is still relevant.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> Whether such a pause is properly recorded in the metadata depends on
>> the
>> >> file format. As I said above, Bio-Formats averages the timestamps, so
>> you
>> >> should still get a reasonable frame interval in the properties, as long
>> as
>> >> the correct values are really present in metadata.
>> >>
>> >> -Curtis
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:48 AM, fabrice senger <
>>
[hidden email]
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> as follow up to a previous mail, i just wonder why the time dimension
>> is
>> >>> always depicted as t (time frame) and not in real units as sec.
>> >>> Indeed, using the LOCI plugin it is possible to retrieve metadata from
>> >>> almost every format.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thus it would be interesting to have direct acces to those parameters.
>> >>>
>> >>> As example, if you do time-lapse and have to pause your acquisition
>> for
>> >> one
>> >>> or two acquisition, you could not use the time interval, but the
>> metadata
>> >>> acqusitionTime is still relevant.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thank you,
>> >>>
>> >>> Fabrice.
>> >>>
>> >>
>>
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