Re: Lenght measurement

Posted by Alexander V. Kalachev-2 on Jan 18, 2016; 11:06am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Lenght-measurement-tp5015403p5015405.html

Dear Boris,

thank you for fast reply. Under the term "length" I meant the length of a line running from the
bottom to the top of nucleus and replicating nucleus' curvature (see attached image, black line).

Alexander

Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:46:43 +0700
Boris Golman <[hidden email]>

> Alexander:
>
> If you like to measure the length of nucleus outline go to Analyze -> Set
> measurements -> Perimeters and then Analyze --> Measure
>
> If you like to have an average measure of nucleus length look for Feret's
> diameter frequently used for measurement of particle diameters.
>
> Anyway you need to have a definition of "length".
>
> Uspexov.
>
> Boris
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Alexander V. Kalachev <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Dear ImageJ users,
> >
> > for our current project we need to measure length of spermatozoa nucleus.
> > It is curved in shape
> > (see example image attached, nucleus outlined with white dashed line) and
> > we have no idea how to
> > measure its length. Could anyone provide us with an advice how to measure
> > the length of such curved
> > figure?
> >
> > With kind regards,
> > Alexander
> >
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