Scale Bar units

Posted by Magnar Slocombe on Aug 13, 2014; 11:21am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Scale-Bar-units-tp5009167.html

Hi,

 

We recommend ImageJ to our customers but some have asked if it is possible
to display different units on the Scale Bar... I know the Scale Bar displays
whatever units the calibration is in but is it possible to calibrate an
image in microns but add a scale bar in mm (or even cm)?

 

To explain, we calibrate all of the microscope images in microns but many
Histopathologists like to do measurements in mm (and sometimes cm) at low
power magnifications as this is a unit of measurement that the surgical team
are more familiar with (they still use microns at high power).

 

Is it possible to add a "units" (um, mm, cm) selector to the scale bar (I
guess it would need to assume the image is already calibrated in microns)?
Are we able to get hold of the source code for the Scale Bar... plugin and
modify it for this purpose?

 

Thanks!

Mags

 

Magnar Slocombe (Mr.)

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