Re: Cell counter mouse click macro

Posted by ctrueden on May 28, 2015; 5:33pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Cell-counter-mouse-click-macro-tp5012725p5012973.html

Hi Flemming,

> Would it be possible to extend these macros to also perform a
> mouse-click (add a marker)?

One possibility is to use the getCursorLoc and makePoint macro functions to
add points:

* http://imagej.net/developer/macro/functions.html#getCursorLoc
* http://imagej.net/developer/macro/functions.html#makePoint

Then add the point to the ROI Manager:
* http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/developer/macro/functions.html#roiManager

> We’re using Cell Counter to count the number of seabirds in huge
> seabird colonies, but our current assistant is developing injuries to
> his wrist due to all the mouse clicks. I would be grateful for your
> help to solve this problem.

Note that the Cell Counter plugin is old, and not actively being
maintained. ImageJ's built in multi-point tool may work better, especially
from the perspective of macro scripting.

I would also strongly encourage you to try automating your segmentation if
at all possible: http://imagej.net/Segmentation

Regards,
Curtis

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Flemming Ravn Merkel <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Dear All,
>
> We're using the nice Cell Counter plugin by Kurt De Vos, including the
> setType macros to speed up the selection of the different category counters:
>
>    macro "Type 1 [1]" {call("CellCounter.setType", "1");}
>    macro "Type 2 [2]" {call("CellCounter.setType", "2");}
>
> Would it be possible to extend these macros to also perform a mouse-click
> (add a marker)? Thus, when activating e.g. macro “1” I would like it to
> first switch to the “Type 1” counter and subsequently add a marker at the
> current position of the cursor.
>
> Would this be possible or would this require changes to the Cell Counter
> plugin code?
>
> In the same way it would be nice with a macro to “delete” the last marker
> point?
>
> We’re using Cell Counter to count the number of seabirds in huge seabird
> colonies, but our current assistant is developing injuries to his wrist due
> to all the mouse clicks. I would be grateful for your help to solve this
> problem.
>
> Thanks
>
> Flemming
>
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