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Re: Minimum Feret Diameter

Posted by Michael Doube on Jan 17, 2009; 11:46am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Minimum-Feret-Diameter-tp3694020p3694022.html

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, alisona5 wrote:
>
>> I need to measure the minimal feret diameter :the minimum distance of
>> parallel tangents at opposing borders.  This is the accepted parameter
>> in my field and I cannot use any other measurements.  Does anyone have a
>> plugin or way to go about measuring this?
>
> Would this help?
>
> http://doube.org/plugins.html#rotcal
>
> Just download Rotating_Calipers.java into your plugins/ folder and run it
> with Plugins>Compile And Run...
>
> <shameless-plug>
> If you see the message "This JVM does not include the javac
> compiler. [...]", you might want to try Fiji:
> http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/
> </shameless-plug>
>
> Ciao,
> Dscho

It is also implemented as a macro, if you're having trouble compiling
the plugin ;-)

http://doube.org/macros.html#rotcal

Mike