> On Aug 13, 2014, at 7:21 AM, Magnar Slocombe wrote:
>
>> 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?
> The source code for the Analyze>Tools>Scale Bar command is available at
>
>
http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/source/ij/plugin/ScaleBar.java>
> To create a customizable user plugin, save the source code in the plugins folder as Scale_Bar.java, open it in ImageJ, change
>
> package ij.plugin;
>
> to
>
> import ij.plugin.PlugIn;
>
> Change
>
> public class ScaleBar implements PlugIn {
>
> to
>
> public class Scale_Bar implements PlugIn {
>
> and re-compile using the Plugins>Compile and Run command.
>
> -wayne
>
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