Re: minimum distance between objects

Posted by David Webster on May 25, 2010; 4:39pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/minimum-distance-between-objects-tp3688186p3688189.html

Are the xy coordinates of the points in a Results table?

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Johannes-Paul M. Koch <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> I have two images with a set of point objects (derived from a previous
> calculation, i.e. basically, centers of mass of various particles).
>
> I want now to calculate the distance of each point (object) in image A to
> the closest point (object) in image B (and only to this closest one...).
>
> I suppose, the code I am looking for should 1) calculate ALL distances
> from point 1 in image A to ALL points in image B, 2) identify the shortest
> and 3) return the value of that distance.
>
> I had a look at Ben's plugin
> (
> http://imagejdocu.tudor.lu/doku.php?id=plugin:analysis:minimum_separation_distance:start
> )
> However, this does sort of a different job. On top, I admit that I am not
> so familiar with java (thanks, Wayne, for the macro language!), so it is
> not so easy for me to extract the necessary information out of this
> plugin.
>
> Is there anything already available (plugin, macro) that does this job, or
> at least comes close such that I can build upon it? Or do I have to look
> more closely at Ben's plugin (maybe someone could point out what I would
> have to look at!)?
>
>
> Many thanks,
> Johannes
>