Re: Rookie question

Posted by W. Chan on Aug 17, 2009; 7:21pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Rookie-question-tp3691463p3691465.html

Hi Paul

You can try set scale and then use the line selection tools to measure the
distances.

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/menus/analyze.html#scale
http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/docs/tools.html

Cheers.

On Mon, 17 Aug 2009, Paul M Kapfer wrote:

> I have photographs of bobcat canines and am interested in measuring their
> width at two distances from the crown using ImageJ. Photos contain multiple
> canines and a single tape measure for scale. I can send an example image if
> contacted directly. I have limited experience with ImageJ and was hoping
> some of the more experienced users might be able to give me some ideas as to
> how I could tackle this problem.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Sincererly,
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> Paul Kapfer
>
> University of Minnesota
>
> Conservation Biology Program
>
> [hidden email]

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