Re: Generating random points and tallying proportion of points that fall within object

Posted by atawewe on Jun 02, 2014; 10:35pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Generating-random-points-and-tallying-proportion-of-points-that-fall-within-object-tp5007988p5007995.html

I guess I omitted some important information on what I am trying to do. The actual estimate of the size, counts, and proportion of image area occupied by the objects of interest will likely be biased because some of the objects of interest (vessels) are only partially included within the image. I am working with images of cross sections of wood for different species. The nature of the distribution of the vessels within an image varies depending on species, however, many of the images have vessels only partially within the image. Including or excluding these partial vessels in the actual estimates is likely to introduce bias among species that vary in their vessel sizes. Do you have any other suggestion on how I should deal with this bias due to partial vessels in the images apart from my method (random generation of points and tallying the proportion of points that fall within vessels)?  

Thanks.