Path Writer plugin

Posted by Michael Doube-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Path-Writer-plugin-tp3703553.html

Hi all

I've got a use for the Path Writer plugin - generating a curve that
describes a joint surface of my favourite bone, the equine 3rd
metacarpal, in large SEM montages of bone sections.

http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/plugins/download/Path_Writer.java

I can find the joint surface quickly by thresholding (outside world
black, bone white) then magic wanding the outside world.  Path Writer
returns a handy set of points that I can use for analysis.

My problem is this:  I don't want the points of the path that define the
edges of the image, just the points on the joint surface.  Is there a
quick hack that I can do that dumps only the points that are not on the
image boundary?  My Java skills are non-existent, so any comments
appreciated.

Cheers

Mike

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